Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Literature of the u.s. Civil War

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This very thorough unit plan focuses on the literature of the Civil War for 4th and 5th graders. It includes both a student and teacher bibliography.
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Other

Cartania: Civil War Reflections 1862 1865

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Harvey Hogue's adventures as a Union soldier in a Confederate prison camp, and his escape from the notorious Andersonville make interesting reading. Not exactly a primary source document, but stories from an actual participant in the...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele (c1885). This is an illustrated history of the U.S. from the early settlers through the Reconstruction...
Primary
George Mason University

George Mason University: Between the Wars: Wwi and the Crusade for Conformity

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of 3 U.S. Supreme Court cases on Free Speech during WWI. These cases deal with literature criticising the U.S. involvement in WWI. Includes the text of the Espionage Act under which war protesters were arrested.