Website Spotlight: Civil War (Ken Burns)

 

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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I ask the students to work through the following links:

a. Section entitled "Images of the Civil War"
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/images/

Good material in the part "Telling Details"

b. Section entitled "The War"
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/

b1. Subsection on "Maps" is great. Can enlarge each map.
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/map1.html

b2. Subsection on "Biographies."
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/biographies/barton.html

Nursing majors may want to check out Clara Barton.

b3. Subsection on "Historical Documents"
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/documents.html

Sullivan Ballou letter is a tearjerker.

c. Excellent discussion questions:
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/discussion.html

e. Detailed timeline:
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/timeline.html

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+War

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT 

Website Spotlight: Divining America (National Humanities Center)

Website URL: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/divam.htm

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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Of the various excellent offerings, I particularly like to use the following ones with my students:

17th and 18th Centuries:

Deism and the Founding of the United States
Puritanism and Predestination
The Legacy of Puritanism
Witchcraft in Salem Village
The First Great Awakening
Religious Pluralism in the Middle Colonies
Religion, Women, and the Family
Religion and the American Revolution

19th Century:

Evangelicalism/Second Great Awakening
Evangelicalism as a Social Movement
American Abolitionism and Religion
Religion in the Civil War: The Southern Perspective
Religion in the Civil War: The Northern Perspective
The Religious Origins of Manifest Destiny
Roman Catholics and Immigration

20th Century:

The Rise of Fundamentalism
The Scopes Trial
The Social Gospel and the Progressive Era
Religious Diversity in America
The Christian Right

~~For reviews of this website:

History Matters (The U.S. Survey Course on the Web)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/2091/
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/23363

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within various U.S. History survey course modules on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Colonial+Era 
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Reform
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+War
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Immigration

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT 

Website Spotlight: Civil War Animated Map

 

Website URL: http://www.civilwaranimated.com/

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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Here are the possibilities:

I. The Road to War:

The Mexican-American War
The Road to War

II. The Eastern Theater:

The First Battle of Bull Run
The Peninsula Campaign
Jackson's Valley Campaign
Second Manassas
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
The Overland Campaign
Petersburg and Appomattox

III. The Western Theater:

Wilson's Creek
Forts Henry and Donelson
Pea Ridge
Shiloh
Perryville/Stones River
Vicksburg
Chickamauga
Chattanooga: Missionary Ridge
Brice's Crossroad
March on Atlanta
Franklin/Nashville

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+War

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT 

Website Spotlight: Abraham Lincoln

 

Website URL: http://millercenter.org/president/lincoln 

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

Among the many worthwhile aspects of the Miller Center (University of Virginia) site, I ask the students to concentrate on the following four essays:

Life Before the Presidency
http://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/essays/biography/5

For a review of the Miller Center website:

TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14722

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For additional quality material about President Lincoln:

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lincolns/

These are the specific links from the website that I ask my students to work through:

Photo Gallery: Political Cartoons of the 1860s
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/lincolns-cartoons/

Virtual Tour: Medical Field Tent
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/virtual-tour/lincolns-medical/

Newspaper Opinions
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/lincolns-opinions/

Women in the War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/lincolns-women-war/

On the Eve of War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/lincolns-war/

A War Begins
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lincolns-war-begins/

A Nurse's Diary
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lincolns-nurse/

The Press and Army Morale
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lincolns-press-army/

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+War

2. Other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT

Website Spotlight: Ulysses Grant

 

Website URL: http://millercenter.org/president/grant 

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

Among the many worthwhile aspects of the Miller Center (University of Virginia) site, I ask the students to concentrate on the following four essays:

Life Before the Presidency
http://millercenter.org/president/grant/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/grant/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/grant/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/grant/essays/biography/5

For a review of the Miller Center website:

TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14722

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For additional quality material about President Grant:

Ulysses Grant: Warrior (American Experience)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/grant/

These are the specific links from the website that I ask my students to work through:

Biography: Ulysses Grant
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/grant-biography/

Primary Resources: Cyrus Boyd, a Union soldier at Shiloh
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/grant-boyd/

Primary Resources: Henry Stanley, a Confederate soldier at Shiloh
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/grant-stanley/

General Article: In His Shoes (Grant bio details--5 separate screens)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/grant-shoes/

General Article: You're the General
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/grant-general/

General Article: Kids in the Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/grant-kids/

General Article: Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/grant-kkk/

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+War

2. Other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT