Civil War and Digital Storytelling
Civil War and Digital Storytelling

Civil War and Digital Storytelling

Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.

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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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0399226710">Pink and Say</a> by Polacco, Patricia</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426304366?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0439728207">Enemies of Slavery</a> by David Adler</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812679016?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060504285">Hold the Flag High</a> by Catherine Clinton</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060511079?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060511079">Abe Lincoln Remembers</a> by Ann Warren Turner</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786815698?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0786815698">Silent Thunder</a> by Andrea Davis Pinkney</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0590935666?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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&amp;tag=geldbachfinan-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;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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