Civil War
The student will go out on the Internet to "The Internet Public Library" . Open your web browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer or Firefox). Type this url http://www.ipl.org/ on the address line and press enter.
On the left menu put the mouse over Social Studies and a menu appears. Select History from that menu.
To initiate the search type "Civil War" in the search window. A list of web sites will appear. The student should visit their preferred sites by clicking on the url.
Visit the list of web sites provided as part of your research by clicking on the underlined links.
The student can pick any part of the Civil War, a specific place or battle then research the account from the historian's perspective and the participant in the event.
The student is to write a minimum of three paragraphs on what they have learned.
Research Links
On-line archival collections featuring scanned pages and texts of the writings of women during the American Civil War. Includes the 1864 diary of Alice Williamson, a 16 year old girl from Gallatin, Tennessee, the papers of Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a renowned Confederate spy, and the papers of Sarah E. Thompson, a spy for the Union.
On-line archival collections featuring scanned pages and texts of the writings of women during the American Civil War. Includes the 1864 diary of Alice Williamson, a 16 year old girl from Gallatin, Tennessee, the papers of Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a renowned Confederate spy, and the papers of Sarah E. Thompson, a spy for the Union.
The images in this digital collection are drawn from the New-York Historical Society's rich archival collections that document the Civil War. They include recruiting posters for New York City regiments of volunteers; stereographic views documenting the mustering of soldiers and of popular support for the Union in New York City; photography showing the war's impact, both in the north and south; and drawings and writings by ordinary soldiers on both sides.
Here you will find images of two of the versions of the Gettysburg Address, the Nicholay Draft and the Hay Draft, and also the text. This is President Lincoln's address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to keep the war going in the effort to keep the Union together.
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