Here is where we post multi-media features designed to help tell the story of emancipation in ways most appropriate for different educational levels.\u00a0 We are busy creating interactive textbooks, videos, podcasts and other digital resources that might help improve classroom instruction on 19th-century topics such as emancipation by engaging students with cutting-edge 21st-century tools.<\/p>\n
The Unofficial Teacher’s Guide To Spielberg’s Lincoln<\/strong><\/p>\n Our teacher’s guide<\/a> to Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” (2012) movie, includes a scene-by-scene summary with access to Tony Kushner’s full script, a photo comparison of the actors with their corresponding historical figures, summaries of the historical reaction to the movie, an extensive analysis of artistic license in the film, and a variety of tools for further online research into Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n “Henry W. Spradley, Citizen” (2011), by Colin Macfarlane (Dickinson College, ’12) This fascinating student-produced documentary short film (14 minutes) explores the story of a runaway slave from Virginia who became a Union soldier during the Civil War and later a beloved employee at Dickinson College only to have his grave bull-dozed over during the 1970s.\u00a0 Make sure to check out the research journal behind-the-story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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