Civil War for Kids
American Civil War from Ducksters
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war.phpFrom Revolution to Reconstruction
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/outlines/history-1994/sectional-conflict/
Mr. Donn - https://civilwar.mrdonn.org/The History Place - a timeline of the Civil War with links
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.htmlDK - Civil War https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/american-civil-war/
Social Studies for Kids - http://socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/civilwar.htm
History for Kids - https://www.historyforkids.net/the-civil-war.html
CyberSleuthKids Civil War pages
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Civil_War/Abraham Lincoln Timeline
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/index.html
American Civil War.com
http://www.americancivilwar.com/civil.htmlKids in the Civil War - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/grant-kids/
Civil
War Diaries
http://civilwardiary.net/
http://www.americancivilwar.com/women/carrie_berry.html
http://www.civilwarhome.com/links6.html
http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/civil_war/diaries_journals/
http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/nursing_1.html
Civil War Flags - http://www.loeser.us/flags/civil.html
Civil War
- Internet activities from SC -
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/CivilWar.htm
Civil War battles and vocabulary
http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-battles
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/death/
http://www.americancivilwarstory.com/list-of-civil-war-battles.html
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/glossary_and_terms.php
https://myvocabulary.com/word-list/civil-war-vocabulary/
Civil War maps
from American Memory -
https://www.loc.gov/collections/general-maps/about-this-collection/
Civil War Music and Poetry
http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/
Civil
War Photographs
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Civil War Potpourri
https://www.civilwarhome.com/potpourr.htmlCivil War
from Kidskonnect
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/16-history/264-civil-war.html
Civil War Studies at the Smithsonian
Associates
http://civilwarstudies.org/
Civil
War on the Web
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook27.html
Civil
War Women - Diaries, Letters, Documents, Photos
http://guides.library.duke.edu/content.php?pid=41224&sid=303304
Coal
Creek School in Colorado - The War Between the States - Civil War
URLs
http://schools.bvsd.org/coalcreek/grades/civil.html
The Civil War
from Germantown, Illinois
http://www.germantownbulldogs.org/CivilWar/CivilWar.html
The Civil War
from Social Studies for Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/civilwar.htm
The Time of the Lincolns
from PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lincolns/
NEO K-12 - http://www.neok12.com/American-Civil-War.htm
Civil War History Center - http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/
The Valley of the Shadow - Two Communities in the American Civil War
http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/Weapons of the Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarweapons.htm
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/smallarms/ig/Civil-War-Weapons-Gallery/
http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-weaponsCivil War Uniforms - http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/civilwar/uniforms.htm#UnionUniforms
http://www.ushist.com/american_civil-war_uniforms_union_us_f.shtml
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/uniforms.htmEmancipation Proclamation
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/
Transcript - http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=34&page=transcriptGettysburg Address - http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/gettysburg-address
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gettysburg-address/
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/09/lincolns-greatest-speech/306551/
For Teachers:
Books About the Civil War - https://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Life-during-the-Civil-War.html
The Civil War Through A Child's Eye
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/childs-eye/
Civil War Photojournalism Lesson
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/photojournalism/
The Civil War in Children's Literature from Carol Hurst
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/civilwar.html
Mr. Donn's Lesson Plans for Teachers
http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/civilwar.html
Civil War Perspectives Webquest - http://questgarden.com/45/67/6/070227071016/
Civil War Webquest - https://sites.google.com/a/north-scott.k12.ia.us/alan-shepard-library/home/Introduction
Civil War Battles Webquest - http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=73568Civil War Crier - Webquest
http://brebru.com/webquests/civilwar/civilwarnewspaper/civilwarcrier.htmlCivil War Scrapbook - http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=28995
Civil War Webquests - http://www.msdecker.com/civilwar.html
http://www.wsdweb.org/webquest/civwartimes/civil_war_gazette_2.htm
Civil War Vocabulary and Questions -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hm8X0tcinVmSsowOs1wbR-na7RgQ6-2SIP3QUaR3Vbg/editCivil War Lesson Plans from ProTeacher!
http://www.proteacher.com/090053.shtmlBefore Brother Fought Brother lesson plans from EDSitement
https://edsitement.neh.gov/curriculum-unit/life-north-and-south-1847-1861-brother-fought-brother
Civil War Personal Journal Webquest
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/hcarter/webquest.htmLesson Plan for Fifth Grade from Small Planet
http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.htmlCivil War Webquest for 8th grade
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/marston/civilwar/Lesson Plan for Fifth Grade from Small Planet
http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.htmlCivil War Lesson Plans - https://www.nps.gov/subjects/teachingwithhistoricplaces/index.htm
Civil War Lesson Plans from the Teacher's Guide
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Civilwarlessons.html
Eduscapes sites and activities for the classroom
http://www.42explore.com/civilwar.htm
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