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Recommended Children's and Pedagogy Literature: Civil War and Digital Storytelling

DEC 5, 2010

Recommended Children's and Pedagogy Literature: Civil War and Digital Storytelling

<div>I recommend the following books for use when teaching the era of the the Civil War era to students in intermediate-level grades:</div><div> <br /></div><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590454226?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0590454226">...If You Lived At The Time Of The Civil War</a> by Kay Moore <br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399226710?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0399226710">Pink and Say</a> by Polacco, Patricia</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426304366?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1426304366">Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington: 1837-1865</a> by Cheryl Harness</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060276967?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060276967">Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War</a> by Ann Warren Turner</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439369037?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0439369037">My Brother's Keeper: Virginia's Civil War Diary</a> by Mary Pope Osbourne</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439728207?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0439728207">Enemies of Slavery</a> by David Adler</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812679016?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812679016">Young Heroes of the North and South (Cobblestone the Civil War)</a> by Sarah Hale </li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0751311855?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0751311855">Visual Dictionary of the American Civil War</a> by John Stanchak</li><li><a href="http://www.kidsdiscover.com/product/062/CIVIL_WAR">Discovery Kids Magazine: Civil War Issue </a></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G8WHA6?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001G8WHA6">The Cemetery Keepers of Gettysburg</a> by Linda Oatman <meta charset="utf-8">High</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590451545?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0590451545">...If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln</a> by Ann McGovern</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590451561?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0590451561">. . . If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad</a> by Ellen Levine <br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618574905?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0618574905">My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier</a> by Lynda Durrant</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060504285?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060504285">Hold the Flag High</a> by Catherine Clinton</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060511079?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060511079">Abe Lincoln Remembers</a> by Ann Warren Turner</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786815698?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0786815698">Silent Thunder</a> by Andrea Davis Pinkney</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590935666?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0590935666">Abraham Lincoln</a> by Amy L. Cohn and Suzy Schmidt</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006447030X?ie=UTF8&tag=geldbachfinan-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=006447030X">Rifles for Watie</a> by Harold Keith</li></ul>

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Civil War: Resources

OCT 29, 2009

Civil War: Resources

<meta charset="utf-8"><div>Myriad resources exist for teaching about the Civil War. Some of those I recommend include:</div><ul><li>Teaching with Documents about the Civil War: <a href="http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-war-reconstruction.html">National Archives and Records Administration</a></li><li>Civil War Related Weblinks: <a href="http://www.civilwarhome.com/indexcivilwarinfo.htm">U.S. Civil War Center, Louisiana State University</a> <br /></li><li>Civil War Animated: <a href="http://www.civilwaranimated.com/">http://www.civilwaranimated.com/</a></li><li><a href="http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/">Eric Langhorst Podcast</a>: Langhorst merges history, teaching, and technology in this incredible podcast. He has a particular interest in Civil War history so many of his episodes reflect the era.</li><ul><li><a href="http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/2007/03/podcast-76-civil-war-bullet-poem.html">Civil War Bullet Poem Project</a></li><li><a href="http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/2007/03/podcast-77-civil-war-bullet.html">Civil War Reproduction Set</a> <br /></li><li><a href="http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/2007/04/podcast-79-interview-with-author-tom.html">Interview with Tom Wheeler: Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails</a></li></ul><li><a href="http://www.civilwartraveler.com/audio/podcasts.html">Civil War Traveler Tours Podcast</a>: This podcast introduces several location of major events, particularly battles, from the time of the Civil War.</li><li><a href="http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/11/6453527-hundreds-of-civil-war-photos-unearthed">Photos from the Civil War</a>: This blog includes and links to several sites with pictures from the Civil War (including drummer boys and black soldiers)</li><li><a href="http://historybuff.com/panos/index.html">Panoramas of Historic Sites</a>: This resource from <a href="http://historybuff.com/">HistoryBuff.com</a> includes audio- and video-based panoramic presentations about important events in American history. Many of the available panoramas relate to the Civil War era.</li></ul>

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Civil War: Resources (Focus—Drummer Boys)

OCT 27, 2009

Civil War: Resources (Focus—Drummer Boys)

The<a href="http://ncss.org/"> National Council for Social Studies</a> <a href="http://publications.socialstudies.org/mll/">Middle Level Learning Journal</a> included an article in their <a href="http://members.ncss.org/mll/35/MLL35.pdf">May/June 2009 (vol. 35)</a> edition (p. M15) titled <span style="font-style: italic;">Drummer Boys: Creating Historical Fiction and Studying Historical Documents</span>. The article includes a handout identifying relevant online resources for studying Civil War drummer boys. It lists several websites including primary sources and a description of each site and its educational relevance. You can find those websites listed and linked below; to access the complete article and site descriptions, please access the <a href="http://members.ncss.org/mll/35/MLL35.pdf">original article</a> (Note: You must be an <a href="http://ncss.org/">NCSS</a> member to access this archived publication).<br /><div><ul><li>Camp Life: <a href="http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/gettex/index.htm">Gettysburg National Military Park, National Park Service</a></li><li>Child Soldiers in the Civil War: <a href="http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/children_civilwar/child_soldiers.cfm">Digital History</a></li><li>Civil War Drummer Boys: <a href="http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000789.shtml">eMINTS National Center</a></li><li>The Union Army Uniform: <a href="http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/dressup/civil_war_soldier.html">Memorial Hall Museum of Deerfield</a></li><li>The Civil War through a Child's Eye: <a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/civilwar/overview.html">American Memory, Library of Congress</a></li><li>Johnny Clem: <a href="http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=85">Ohio History Central</a></li></ul></div>

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A Civil War Bulletin Board

SEP 30, 2009

A Civil War Bulletin Board

After seeing this bulletin board example in the April 2008 edition of OAH Magazine of History, I saw the potential for modifying it for use when teaching about wars. What a wonderful way to have students learn from while creating a bulletin board!

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Listening to the Voices: Using a Child's Perspective to Teach the American Civil War to Adolescents (Delise Sanders)

SEP 11, 2009

Listening to the Voices: Using a Child's Perspective to Teach the American Civil War to Adolescents (Delise Sanders)

I recommend this slideshow presentation delivered by Delise Sanders at the National Council for History Education Conference in 2008. The conference slides overview information of interest to adolescent learners and include suggestions for integrating Civil War content into classroom activities.

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