Lesson Theme of the Week: American Civil War

Passing this on to you.

Welcome to another edition of the Lesson Theme of the Week. This week's theme is about the American Civil War. I hope you enjoy this week's theme and will pass it on to other homeschooling families so they also can use it with their children. Please pass on the whole theme not just the links thank you.

The Homeschool Network Internet Library News
http://www.homeschoolnetworklibrary.com

If your a member of the Homeschool Network Library please email me privately for a special link to this week's additional materials. I'm having problems right now with my ftp and can not add it to my website right now. There is 3.8 gigabytes of additional materials to go along with this weeks theme.

General Information

A brief history of the American Civil War
http://www.factasy.com/civil_war/index.shtml
American Civil War
http://www.historyofwar.org/subject_american_civil_war.html
American Civil War Encyclopedia
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwarC.htm
Animal Mascots of the Civil War
http://oha.alexandriava.gov/fortward/special-sections/mascots/
Bits of Blue and Gray: An American Civil War Notebook
http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com
Civil War Explorer
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/
Civil War Pictionary
http://www.nps.gov/archive/pete/mahan/pictionary.html
Online Civil War Indexes, Records & Rosters
http://www.militaryindexes.com/civilwar/
Richmond Daily Dispatch (Digitized and searchable)
http://dlxs.richmond.edu/d/ddr/
Selected Civil War Photographs
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
The American Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com
The U.S. Civil War 1861-1865 Timeline
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
Uniforms of the Civil War
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CivilWar/Uniforms.htm
Women in the Civil War
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html

Lesson Plans

African Americans in the Civil War
http://www.historyworksohio.org/classroom/plan.cfm?id=9
Civil War Recipes
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2001.shtml
Choices and Commitments: The Soldiers at Gettysburg
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/44gettys/44gettys.htm
Lesson Ideas for the Civil War Gallery
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_18670_18793-52969--,00.html
Lesson Plan The Civil War
http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html
"Now We Are Engaged in a Great Civil War": 1848- 1880
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec3/gr4/unit6/u6-G4-HEAD.html
Role Playing the Civil War
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst020.html
The Civil War
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/civil_war.htm
The Civil War through a Child's Eye
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/civilwar/overview.html

Crafts

Civil War Envelopes
http://www.chs.org/family/envelope.htm
How to Make a Haversack
http://www.rusticgirls.com/make-your-own-haversack.html
Make a Civil War Drum
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_19268_20778-51913--,00.html

Cooking

American Civil War Recipes and Cooking
http://americancivilwar.com/tcwn/civil_war/civil_war_cooking.html
Civil War Cooking
http://civilwarinteractive.com/cooking/
Recipes of the Civil War Era
http://www.angelfire.com/me/civilian/recipes.html

Music

Band Music from the Civil War Era
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
Historic American Sheet Music: 1860-1869
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/hasm/browse
The Civil War Music
http://www.civilwarmusic.net

Games

SQUARES - The Civil War Battle Game, Make Your Own
http://www.dvgc.com/game.html

Multimedia

Civil War
http://homepage.floodcity.net/users/mastdog/states.html
Civil War Maps
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/
Civil War Maps
http://www.davidrumsey.com/Civil.htm
Etext Center: Collections
http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/
The American Civil War Powerpoint Presentation
http://jc-schools.net/write/civil-wartrip_files/frame.htm
The Best in Civil War Photography
http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/index800.htm

Virtual Fieldtrips

Civil War Virtual Battlefield Tours
http://johnsmilitaryhistory.com/cwvirtual.html
NOVA Online Lincoln's Secret Weapon Tour the Monitor
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/monitor/tour.html
Virtual Gettysburg-The Ultimate Battlefield Tour
http://www.virtualgettysburg.com

Online Activities

American Civil War History Quiz
http://www.triv.net/html/Users3/u8273.htm
Civil War Battles Quizzes and Civil War Battles Trivia
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/history/civil_war/civil_war_battles.html
Civil War Game
http://www2.yk.psu.edu/~sg3/ist311/games/fall2003/civilwar/
Civil War Tic Tac Toe
http://www.beauvoir.org/children/tictactoe.html
Quia - American Civil War Quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/123464.html

Printouts

35 Star Union Flag
http://abcteach.com/flags/35star.htm
American Civil War Worksheets
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/civil/
Civil War Printables
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/civilwarprint.htm
Soldiers Occupations
http://go.hrw.com/ndNSAPI.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?ST9

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