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created by Stephanie Schwinn on 4/30/10
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The Civil War was probably the most important event in our country's history. For this project, you will have a choice of topic to research. You will spend time conducting research from a variety of sources. You will then present your findings by creating a nin-documentary by using Photostory.
Civil War Battles
Soldier's Food & Camp Life
Medical Care & Care for Wounded
Weapons and Uniforms
Impact of Women During the War
African Americans and the War
You will be required to submit a bibiography of all your sources. Keep in mind that ANYTHING you use in print or online must be included in your bibliography ~ including photos!
To access the online services from home, logins and passwords are posted on Edline, under Media Center.
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Online Services
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World Book Encyclopedia Online ~ click on World Book Student to enter the site. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica ~ click on the Middle School section to enter the site. Use the search box to find your subject. |
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US History Resource Center ~ use your search terms to locate information on your topic. |
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Selected Websites
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A rich man's war and a poor man's fight...
---- Southern opposition slogan, in The Civil War by Shelby Foote
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Civil War Home
American Civil War
Civil War Academy
Images (PBS)
Images
Fact Sheet
Biographies |
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ---- Abraham Lincoln (undated) |
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Battles
Gettysburg/Fort Sumter
Maps
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A restitution of the Union has been rendered forever impossible. ---- Jefferson Davis in reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation |
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Women Biographies
Union Women
Confederate Women
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I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle," and the other isn't.
---- Ulysses S. Grant (undated)
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Medicine
Care, Wounds, Disease
War Medicine & Disease |
I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
---- Frederick Douglass (undated)
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Soldiers for Liberty
African American History
Frederick Douglass
Photos/Images
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It is well that war is so terrible, lest we should grow too fond of it.
---- Robert E. Lee (undated)
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Camp Life
Entertainment
Soldier Life
Life as a Civil War Soldier
Food
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If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell."
---- General Phillip H. Sheridan
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Weapons
Weapons (small arms)
Uniforms
Uniforms (Confederate)
Uniforms (Union) |
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Sources
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Quotes:
www.sonofthesouth.net
www.pccwrt.org
www.brainyquote.com
cwquotes.blogspot.com
Photos:
www.hawaii.edu/armyrotc/courses/milhist.html
www.whitfieldcountyga.com
vanillaheart.com/files/womenofcivilwar.gif
odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/lit/douglas.htm
www.espd.com/letters/1864intro.htm
hsc.unm.edu/library
history.howstuffworks.com
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