Animated Maps and Timelines of the U.S. Civil War

The Civil War Trust offers many fantastic resources for teachers and students. One of those resources is a set of animated maps and timelin...

A Crash Course on the Civil War and Reconstruction

Earlier this year Hank and John Green launched Crash Course U.S. History . These videos provide ten to twelve minute overviews of key events...

Timeline - From Civil War to Civil Rights

The cover story on the May issue of National Geographic is about the sketches of artists during the US Civil War and how those sketches hel...

Interactive Civil War Poster

At this time last fall I received a great poster from TeachingHistory.org that featured a roadmap for conducting historical research. This ...

Lee's Map of Gettysburg

Today's featured document from the National Archives is General Robert E. Lee's map of Gettysburg . The map includes the placement o...

3D American Civil War on Google Earth

This week marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sumter , the first battle of the American Civil War. Through the Google Earth Bl...

The Center for Civil War Photography Features 3D Images

The Center for Civil War Photography is a great place to find photo essays about the US Civil War. A lot of websites offer images of the Ci...

The Disunion Blog - NY Times Civil War Blog

Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War . In the lead-up to the 150th anniversary, The New York Times ...

The Gettysburg Address Animated

As every student in the US should know, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address . In fact, it might be the most recited, referenced...

Pennsylvania Civil War 150 Interactive Soldier

I've mentioned Teaching the Civil War with Technology a couple of times in the past because it is an excellent blog that every US Histo...

Documenting the American South

Documenting the American South is a collection of texts, images, and audio files documenting the history and culture of the southern United...