Another Great Resource

The following is by far one of the best Civil War related websites for educators that I have seen.
MrNussbaums.com's Civil War Page contains a wealth of activities and resources including:

• Interactive Battle Maps
• Civil War Timeline
• Cause and Effects of the Civil War
• People of the Civil War
• Union and Confederacy
• Civil War Activities
• Civil War Clip Art
• Civil War Videos

Let's take a look at a few of these pages in more detail.

The Interactive Battles Map allows students to click on the name of a battle and it will pop up a brief description of the battle on the right side of the page. The map also shows Union vs. Confederate states, which side won a particular battle and more.

The People of the Civil War page provides some great information on many of the major players of the war including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Harriet Tubman and Matthew Brady.

The Civil War Activities page includes "reading comprehension exercises, cloze reading exercises, sentence surgeons, word searches, jigsaws, crossword puzzles and much more."

Be sure to take some time to explore this site and I'm sure you will want to share it with your class.

Until next time...

Teaching the Civil War with Technology
Wiki Updates
August 14, 2008

Here are a few links that I added to the wiki this week:
Under Resources:

• Added section on Slavery
• Added link to great article on Free Soil and Slavery Expansion
• Added a link to the U.S. Civil War Era page under Primary Sources. This page has a comprehensive list of links to other sites with primary sources.

Under Curriculum

• Added section on Curriculum Supplements
• Added link to the HippoCampus website that has a good collection of short videos that explain different parts of the Civil War era including the Election of 1860 and Battles.
• Added link to the Civil War Webquest

Feel free to request to join my wiki and add your own links or suggest a link via a comment.

Until next time...