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Internet Search/Literature List

__Internet Search __  1. Voices From the Days of Slavery (Ashley Jones) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ This website contains several hours of oral history taken from interviews with former slaves who were born between 1823 and 1860. During the interview, students can listen or read transcripts as each individual discusses their feelings about slavery, slave holders, family, and freedom.

2. Camp Life Civil War Collections from Gettysburg (Ashley Jones) http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/gettex/writing.html This website is an online museum exhibit that contains photos of some of the items that both the Union and Confederate soldier used in their camps. Students will be able to see the soldiers’ uniforms, living conditions, and entertainment activities.

3. The Civil War for Fifth Graders (Ashley Jones) http://www.runet.edu/~sbisset/civilwar.htm This website is written specifically for fifth grade audiences, and contains numerous information about the Civil War. Students will learn the causes of the war, influential people, major battles, and major events that took place as a result of the war.

4. Poetry and Music of the War Between the States (Ashley Jones) http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/ This website contains music and poetry that Confederate and Union soldiers listened to during wartime. From this website, students will be able to understand the thoughts and emotions that these soldiers faced during battle.

5. Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet (Ashley Jones) http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html This website contains diaries and letters that describe women’s experiences during the Civil War. Students will be able to see that the Civil War had an impact in the lives of both men and women.  6. Civil War (Kaitlin Money) [] This site contains information on the battles in the Civil War. It also contains links for the people, weapons, and issues involved in the war. There is an area for teachers that include lesson plans and ways to link the Civil War to their state.

7. Civil War for Kids (Kaitlin Money) [] This site was created by a class in New York. It has a timeline, biographies of the leaders involved and drawings of the different uniforms. There are also links for the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. 8. Civil War (Kaitlin Money) [] This site contains tons of links related to the Civil War. The links are separated by their focus area. There is an area of links related to lesson plans, online activities and even quizzes. 9. Civil War Terms and People (Kaitlin Money) [] This sites contains four different games kids can play to review their knowledge of the Civil War. Students can match terms, people and places or review with flashcards. This site simply makes review interactive. 10. Gettysburg National Military Park's Civil War Page For Kids (Kaitlin Money) [] This site contains numerous links to information concerning food, music, dress, speech and flags of the Civil War. This site is maintained by the Gettysburg National Military Park.

11. Slavery in the Civil War Era (Leslie Kent) [] This site is all text, so it would probably be most useful to educators. It is a very good source of information and goes into great detail over slavery and the Civil War. I wouldn’t really recommend student to use the website because the amount of information and text might overwhelm them. But for a teacher trying to become more informed on the topic I think it could be very useful and a great source to have. 12. Suffolk Web- Just Curious (Leslie Kent) [] This site is predominantly focused towards children. It provides many links to more specific sites, equally geared toward younger students, when looking for a specific topic of the Civil War. There are links for causes for the War and links for images of flags and documents and people. I really think this website gives a lot of good information without becoming overwhelming. It is an excellent source for the children to use. 13. The Civil War Homepage (Leslie Kent) [] Civil War Home page is a site that may be geared toward older students but I think could be beneficial to a fifth grade group of students. Although the site is predominantly text, there are a few pictures. What I really like about this site is that it is not a strictly fact based site. It gives links to interviews with slaves and many other sources that show slavery form the point of view of a slave, such as books, interviews, and journal articles. It also has links to documents that wee important during the Civil War. I think this site would not only be helpful o students but a excellent source for teachers as well. The site can provide interesting alternatives to textbooks when teaching about the Civil War.

14. Kidport Social Studies (Leslie Kent) [] This page is more focused towards children. Although in order to make more kid friendly there was a good deal of content left out. I think it is a more general look at the Civil War. It covers a lot of different aspects and gives a general look over each topic. It does provide pictures, which I think helps the site to be more appealing to students.

15. The Civil War for Fifth Graders (Leslie Kent) [] This site is a more general overview of the civil War. This site breaks down the Civil War in to more general and simpler facts about the war. Although more general, gives simple straight forward facts about many different aspects of the Civil War. The site is useful because instead of using strictly text it using pictures, graphs, and tables to help explain things. Not only does it make the site less intimidating to look at, it appeals to multiple learning styles. I think all students will be able to take something away from this site.

__16. The American Civil War Homepage:__ [] (Caitlin Clausen) This website has numerous sources for almost anything needed in order to find information on the American Civil War. They have sources having to do with music during the Civil War, sources for anyone who had any sort of role in the Civil War, sources for any battle in any state, and so much more. The lists of sources go on and on. This is the site to go to if researching anything on the Civil War.

__17. American Civil War .Com:__ [] (Caitlin Clausen) This is a great website that has an abundant amount of sources. This website has lists of sources specifically for resource material, a kids zone, famous people, and much more. If looking for something particular, there is a search engine that can be used. There are also picture of useful books with links on the sides of the webpage.

__18. Civil War .Com:__ [] (Caitlin Clausen) This website has great resources for students and teachers. It even has a special link just for teachers which include many lesson plans. This website also has links for weapons, places that have monuments and memorials, slavery, and much more. What I liked the most was the interactive map that is found on the home page. With this map, students can click on any state and see what important events happened there during the Civil War.

__19. The American Civil War:__ [] (Caitlin Clausen) This website has a vast list of battles from the Civil War. When a certain battle is clicked on it takes you to a link that has a bunch of information on that specific battle. I think this is a great website to have students go to in order to pick a battle to research and then complete a certain project on their battle to present to the class.

__20. The__ __History Place____: The__ __U.S.__ __Civil War 1861-1865:__ [] (Caitlin Clausen) This website is a large timeline of all the important events of the American Civil War. With some of the events that are listed, there are links that will take you to other websites for more information and pictures.  21. The Civil War Home Page : Dedicated to the participants, both North and South, in the great American Civil War 1861 – 1865 [|www.**civil**-**war**.net/] (Alyssa Batlett) This website gives official records of the war written by the soldiers, recommended books and movies and list of related databases. My favorite part of this website was that 1,100 related pictures and images of the war and full maps of the battle sites.  22.The History Place - U.S . Civil War 1861-1865 [|www.historyplace.com/**civilwar**/index.html] (Alyssa Bartlett) This website gave a detailed timeline of each of the battles. The timelines has related images of each of the battle which would be useful to students for remembering the battles and the dates. 23. A Sampler of Civil War Literature [] (Alyssa Bartlett)<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This website is made up of fifteen civil war stories. The stories are easy to read and filled with detailed stories of the war. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">24. American Civil War <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[] (Alyssa Bartlett)<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This website has a children’s zone that has different images of the battles, timelines and civil war music that is all children friendly. 25. Lesson Plan: The Civil War <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[] (Alyssa Bartlett)<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This website is helpful to teachers with great lesson plans. It also gives you reviews of literature related to the civil that is on reading level.

__Books__

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1. __Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad__ (Ashley Jones) Author: Ellen Levine This book is about the life of a young African American boy, and his experiences living in slavery. Information about the work, treatment, and families of slaves are all presented in this book.

2. __Pink and Say__ (Ashley Jones) Author: Patricia Polacco This book is about two Union Army men, one white and one black, who meet after a Civil War battle.

3. __Daily Life On A Southern Plantation__ (Ashley Jones) Author: Paul Erickson This book takes the reader through the lives of a slave owner and a slave family on a typical plantation in 1853.

4. __The Boy’s War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War__ (Ashley Jones) Author: Jim Murphy This book is composed of personal letters, diary passages, oral histories, and photographs of boys sixteen years old and younger who fought in the Civil War.

5. __Unconditional Surrender: U.S. Grant and the Civil War__ (Ashley Jones) By: Albert Marrin This book provides the reader with accounts of the Civil War through the life of the man who won the war, Ulysses S. Grant.

6. __Virginia’s General: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War__ (Ashley Jones) Author: Albert Marrin This book provides the reader with a look of the Civil War from the opposing side as it recaps the life and war experiences of Robert E. Lee.

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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">7. __Charley Skedaddle__ (Kaitlin Money Author: Patricia Beatty (Morrow, 1987) This is an out of print book about Charley Quinn. Charley is a twelve-year-old boy who sneaks into the Union army and becomes a drummer boy. After the first battle, Charley runs away into the Blue Ridge Mountains and befriends some mountain folk. This book follows him as he learns to trust others and find his courage within himself. ======

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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">8. __Eben Tyne, Powdermonkey__ (Kaitlin Money) Author: Patricia Beatty and Phillip Robbins (Morrow, 1990) This book follows a thirteen year old Confederate powder carrier by the name of Eben Tyne. It follows him aboard the Merrimack and into the battle at Virginia’s Norfolk Bay. ======

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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">9. __Jayhawker__ (Kaitlin Money) Author: Patricia Beatty (Morrow, 1991) This book is focused around the topic of slavery during the Civil War. In this story, twelve-year-old Elijah Tulley is visited by Radical abolitionist John Brown. Elijah eventually becomes a spy for the Union Army. He must be courageous as he performs his dangerous job. ======

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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">10. __Turn Homeward, Hannalee__ (Kaitlin Money) Author: Patricia Beatty (Morrow, 1984) This book is based on the displacement of the Georgia Mills workers by General Sherman during the Civil War. This book follows twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed after she is separated from her younger brother and another friend and sent to the north as a servant. ======

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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">11. __With Every Drop of Blood__ (Kaitlin Money) Author: James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier (Delacorte Press, 1994) This book follows a fourteen-year-old boy who joins the Confederate army. Just as he joins his convoy is attacked and he is taken prisoner by a young African American boy. At the book goes on they two boys become friends and Johnny ends up questioning the entire reason for the Civil War. ======

12. Eyewitness Books: Civil War(Leslie Kent) By:John E. Stanchak This book is an excellent alternative to the traditional text book. Along with useful info about the different artifacts and events it also pictures. This benefits children with different learning styles as well as though with different reading levels. Even though it has a great deal of pictures throughout the book it maintains a high level of information which is still very important in the higher elementary education levels.

13.The Civil War (Leslie Kent) By: Karen Baicker The book by Karen Baicker is an excellent source to have for a lesson on the Civil War. This book holds a wide variety of Civil War artifacts that will make the time period more real for students. It has song lyrics form the period and journal entries. It also has cartoons and photographs to really keep the students engaged. I think this book being less text will still be very beneficial for the unit. It will give more firsthand sources for the students to look at as opposed to just text.

14.USKids History Series: Book of the American Civil War (Leslie Kent) By: Howard Egger- Bovet This book is an excellent book to have for an elementary aged classroom for teaching a unit on the Civil War. Using a first- person narrative from a variety of perspectives makes it more real to the children and, therefore, easier to relate to. Even though it is geared to hold the interest of a younger student the author is able to weave in important speeches from the time period to bring in more substantial details and backing to the book. I think it is an excellent source to use for a unit on the Civil War.

15. The Boys’ War (Leslie Kent) By: Jim Murphy <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">This book is one of my favorites for this unit. This book is made-up of journal articles a letters from young boys at war. The book describes the experiences of these boys from both the Union and confederate armies. I think having a book with such in-depth, personal experiences will really grab the student’s attention and have them interested in the subject. 16. Best Little Stories from the Civil War (Leslie Kent) By: C. Brian Kelly This book is mostly text and is geared toward a slightly older age than the elementary level that we are geared toward. Why I found this book useful is because it os made up of short stories form the time. Whether they are letters or just short flashbacks of battles, they cover a wide range of information. So, although t is mostly text, I think this can still be useful for the lesson, and just to have for the class. __ 17. The Civil War for Kids: A History with 21 Activities __ by Janice Herbert (Caitlin Clausen) This book is all about the American Civil War and is suitable for those 9-12 years of age. It talks about biological information, battles, and how antislavery was the main reason for this war. This book actually has many activities that are fun for elementary school kids such as battle reenactments and recipes for soldiers’ rations. __ 18. Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies __ by Mary E. Lyons and Muriel Branch (Caitlin Clausen) This book is a true story about the lives of a woman named Elizabeth Lan Vew and the daughter of Elizabeth’s freed slaves, Mary Elizabeth Bowser and is written in diary entries and letters. They take the dangerous job of becoming spies for the Union and sending information back and forth behind enemy lines. They do what they need to do to stick up for what they believe in. __19. Great Maps of the Civil War: Pivotal Battles and Campaigns Featuring 32 Removable Maps__ by William J. Miller (Caitlin Clausen) This book is full of maps from the Civil War. This will give students a real visual of where certain events took place and they will be able to see where that place is in America today. __20. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History__ by James M. McPherson (Caitlin Clausen) This encyclopedia has over 500 illustrations, 75 maps, and 250 primary source documents. This is a source that has so much great information, which makes for rich research. This would also be a good source for students to learn about how to use an encyclopedia, since they so often have great information.

__ 21. Soldier's Heart : Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First ____ Minnesota ____ Volunteers __ by Gary Paulsen (Caitlin Clausen) This book is about a boy named Charley Goddard who lies his way into the Union at 15 years old. This book gives the details of his life during the war and gives true emotions during all the events. This would be a great book for students to realize how scary war can be, but how necessary it is sometimes. Students could complete a creative writing assignment with using this book as an aid. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> 22.Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco (Alyssa Bartlett) This is a children’s picture book filled with images of the war. The two main characters were Say a white solider and Pink a black solider. The story tells a tale of Pink saving Say’s life and carrying him home to his mother. After returning him to his mother, Say returns to his unit and is killed on the way. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">23.Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">by <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Doris Kearns Goodwin(Alyssa Bartlett) <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This book is a story of Abraham Lincoln. It tells about his presidency during the civil war and his view points on salary. It talks about his political views and his fellow politicians. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">24. Charley Skedaddle <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">by Beatty, Patricia.(Alyssa Bartlett) This book is good book to teach children about courage. A young boy enlists as a drummer after his brother’s death. He is too young to be in battle and after his first kill he is traumatized and makes a run for the mountains. While he is in hiding he meets an old lady that is hurt. He recues the lady and gains the courage to go back to battle. 25. Bull Run <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">by Paul Fleischman(Alyssa Bartlett) This book tells the stories of sixteen different soldiers on their way to the battle of Bull Run. The stories are interviews of each soldier and tell their fears and hopes for the outcome of the battle. =<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">26. Cecil's Story by Lyon, George Ella(Alyssa Bartlett) = =<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This story is about a little boy whose father has gone off to war. His mother goes out to search for his and leaves the little at the farm to tend for himself. His mother and father return safely but his father is missing an arm from a battle. = <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">





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