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Aug

09

California Digital Newspapers

Posted by sailerd  Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Images, Lesson Plans Themes: Settlers & Immigrants

Digital collections of Civil War era newspapers are great resources and are available at a number of different sites. One that I want to highlight is UC Riverside’s California Digital Newspaper Collection, which includes the Daily Alta Californian (1849-1891) and the Sacramento Daily Union (1856-76). Each issue can be downloaded as a PDF file. Several lesson plans are also available on the site.

Teachers may also want to check out the USC Digital Library. This site offers several newspapers, including the Los Angeles El Clamor Publico (1855-1859) and the Los Angeles Star (1851-1864). Thousands of historic maps and images, such as California’s first State House, can also be downloaded.

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10

Aug

09

PBS Videos Online

Posted by sailerd  Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Lesson Plans, Video Themes: Battles & Soldiers

PBS now offers on their website selected full-length episodes from programs like the American Experience. While these documentaries cover a wide variety of subjects, several episodes are on 19th century American history – Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Walt Whitman, and Kit Carson. “We Shall Remain,” a documentary on Native American history, is also available.

Also be sure to check out NOVA and FRONTLINE. While neither show has video on 19th century American history, they still offer a number of interesting programs, such as “Astropies.”

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22

Jun

09

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Resource for Teachers

Posted by parkd  Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Lesson Plans, Maps Themes: Contests & Elections

Lincoln Douglas DebatesThe Northern University of Illinois page, The Lincoln/Douglas Debates of 1858, offers wide-ranging coverage of the historic oratory campaign. The site houses numerous primary documents including debate transcripts, maps, and contemporary press coverage. Also, The Lincoln/Douglas Debates of 1858 provides a video podcast on the debates by Columbia’s Eric Foner as well as lessons plans for teachers that include brief descriptions of the debate topics and guided reading assignments for students. This site would be a great addition to any history teacher’s repertoire of resources.

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11

Jun

09

Extensive Lincoln Biography Made Available Online

Posted by   Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Lesson Plans, Recent Scholarship Themes: Education & Culture

In 2008 historian Michael Burlingame published Abraham Lincoln: A Life, an exhaustive and well researched biography of our sixteenth president. The huge, two volume work (the entirety of which weighs around 9 pounds) went through serious editing before it was ready to publish. Wanting all of his extensive research to be used by scholars and students, Burlingame, along with Knox College’s Lincoln Studies Center, has made the author’s original, unedited manuscript available online. Currently only volume one is available with the second on its way. This excellent work, completely free, will surely be a useful tool for any who wish to study Lincoln and the Civil War era.

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5

Jun

09

Teaching about Abraham Lincoln in the Classroom

Posted by parkd  Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Lesson Plans Themes: Education & Culture

The Abraham Lincoln Association homepage currently houses links to sister-sites with curriculum-boosting ideas on how to approach the topic of Lincoln within the classroom.  Although entirely document-based, the material still offers an engaging experience through the site’s innovative intertwining of primary documents with textbook style descriptions.  Structured mainly for teachers in the state of Illinois, the site also acts as a advertising resource for the group’s Illinois-based, Lincoln-themed events.  However, even if you’re an outsider, don’t let the association’s focus on Illinois steer you away from this site because it provides great ideas for immersing students in the history of one our nation’s greatest preisdents, Abraham Lincoln.

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3

Jun

09

A Great Tool to Bring Lincoln into the Classroom

Posted by parkd  Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Lesson Plans, Places to Visit Themes: Education & Culture

Northern Illinois University’s site Lincoln/Net offers scholarly interpretation of Lincoln with a focus on both biographical information about Lincoln and historical themes relevant to his endeavors.   The format of these items includes texts, images, sound clips and videos.  Lincoln/Net also provides classroom help for teachers in the Teacher’s Parlor.  This section of the website lays out lesson plans focused on engaging students through the use of primary documents as well as scholarly video and audio interviews.  Lincoln/Net would be a great resource for any teacher to consider incorporating into their classroom repertoire.

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28

Apr

09

Lincoln Timeline

Posted by   Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Lesson Plans Themes: Laws & Litigation

Sometime simplistic websites are just the resource needed to teach even some of the most complex and important issues. Abraham Lincoln is a clear example of a topic which contains countless resources both on and offline. The History Place is a simple, yet effective, website which covers a vast variety of topics. For example, their page on A Timeline of Lincoln contains great information and links presented in a clear and concise manner. The timeline, as well as the rest of the site, is defiantly worth browsing.

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27

Apr

09

Antietam on the Web

Posted by   Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Lesson Plans, Period Themes: Battles & Soldiers

The battle of Antietam is considered to be one of the most important battles in the civil war. Many valuable resources are scattered amongst text books, in archives, and around the web. Antietam on the Web serves as a great source to bring some of these resources together in one place. Recognized by organizations such as PBS and The History Channel, the site features databases filled with information on weapons, timelines, and even a searchable participants list. The site contains great information students, as well as teacher resources. When covering this battle, I highly recommend browsing through the site.

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13

Apr

09

Open Yale Courses – Professor David Blight

Posted by sailerd  Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Lesson Plans, Video Themes: Education & Culture

Open Yale Courses is a great online resource that teachers should check out. This project provides free access to courses on a variety of subjects, including Professor David Blight’s HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877. This is not simply a single lecture. Instead, you can listen or watch all twenty seven classes. Transcripts of each lecture are also available.

Only two other history courses are available –  France Since 1871 and Introduction to Ancient Greek History.

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17

Feb

09

The Learning Page at The Library of Congress

Posted by   Published in Lesson Plans, Reconstruction (1865-1880)

The Library of Congress has a section within their website called The Learning Page. This section contains great links to lesson plans, activities, and other resources. In particular, there is a great page within the Civil War and Reconstruction section called The Travails of Reconstruction. This page has some nice information as well as good links to some primary documents.

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