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Grade 10, United States History to 1877 Std 10.2: Describing the impact of the division of the nation during the Civil War on resources, population, and transportation 10.4: Discussing nonmilitary events and life during the Civil War

Lesson Plans: Teaching With Documents: Letters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating Factors that Affected the Civil War Teaching With Documents: The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady Conflicting Accounts Students write Civil War newspapers about the Battle of Antietam from the opposing perspectives of North and South. They begin by analyzing a series of photographs of the battlefield. After writing their newspapers, which encompass many topics about the military, political and economic aspects of the war, students analyze the consequences of the Battle of Antietam. Walt Whitman, Patriot Poet In this lesson students will have an opportunity to analyze historic events and concepts recorded in Whitman’s poems and examine conditions in Civil War hospitals and the poet’s reactions to those conditions The Fight for Equal Rights - Black Soldiers in the Civil War This lesson uses historical documents to explore aspects and issues surrounding the black soldiers. The Civil War in Alabama Lessons from the Alabama Department of Archives and History illustrate how Alabama coped with shortages and the important contributions of Alabama women during the war. T eaching With Documents Lesson Plan: Fugitive from Labor Cases: Henry Garnett (1850) and Moses Honner (1860) Not Just a Man's War Webquest examining the varied roles of women during the Civil War. Emancipation Proclamation - Teaching with Historical Documents Attitudes Toward Emancipation Civil War Letters The lesson begins with an analysis of what historians can learn from ordinary Americans whose Civil War letters were preserved. It begins with the moving and memorable "Sullivan Ballou" letter (since made famous by The Civil War series), and then asks students to analyze a variety of primary source letters online.

Resources: Civil War Preservation Trust The Civil War: PBS companion website to the award-winning series Harper's Weekly Ex Parte Milligan Banking and Bank Regulations The Morrill Land Grant Act Outline of the Civil War-With Links Alabama Virtual Library History Timelines (Alternatime) History Matters Designed for high school teachers of U.S. history courses. A gateway for web resources and other useful materials for teaching U.S. history. National Archives Digital Classroom American Memory Primary source material from the collection of the Library of Congress.
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Teaching With Documents: Letters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating Factors that Affected the Civil War