American Battlefield Trust
American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Lesson Plans: High School
Several lesson plans for high school aged students that are standards-based to help them learn about the Civil War.
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: Northern Industry in the Civil War
This article from "The Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War" discusses the industrialization of the North in the Civil War and its effect on the economy.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: The Final Years: 1864 1865
Article on the final events of the Civil War including Sherman's Campaign, Lincoln's re-election, assassination, and Appomatox. The author also discusses the role of women, politics and diplomacy, financial matters, and war legacy. Links...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Themes: War & Peace: How Are We Changed by War?
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "How are we changed by war?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration required...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The War Behind the Lines
The battlegrounds were not the only places affected by the Civil War. Read about how both the North and South carried out foreign diplomacy, the effect of the war on the economies of the two sides, and how the role of women in both the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Quiz 3
A quick comprehension check over Reconstruction and issues during the Civil War.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: World Revolutions
Consisting of twenty-six video lectures taught by Professor Thomas O'Brien, this course focuses on the causes and effects of modern revolutions from the English Civil War of the 17th century to the Iranian Revolution at the end of the...
Organization for Community Networks
Academy Curricular Exchange: Civil Rights/casualties of Wartime
A lesson plan for that seeks to teach students about the domestic casualties, including civil rights restrictions, that often happen as a result of decisions made during a war.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park
Based on a true account, this book tells the story of Salva Dut, an 11-year-old boy separated from his family by the civil war in Sudan, and Nya, a girl from a small village who walks miles each day to fetch water for her family....
CommonLit
Common Lit: Assassination of the President:attempted Murder of Secretary Seward
This excerpt from an 1865 newspaper, Evening Star, contains multiple accounts of the night President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward were attacked. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E....
PBS
Pbs: Cet: Africans in America: The Raid on Harper's Ferry
PBS' four-part series, "Africans in America," highlights the antislavery movement, including a focus on John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry. Content includes a description of the event, as well as the after-effects including the news of...
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Jurisdiction of Federal Courts
This site describes the jurisdiction of the Federal Court system. The site breaks the court's jurisdiction into three main areas of institutional conflict: Federal Restraint of State Courts by Injunctions, Habeas Corpus: Scope of the...
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon, 49 Bc
A selection from Suetonius that describes the actions Caesar took at the Rubicon River, why he did it, and the effects of this move.
George Mason University
George Mason University: Imaging the French Revolution
A scholarly presentation of the French Revolution that is organized in three ways. The essays analyze images from this civil war. The discussions look at various interpretations, historians' methodologies, and at what effects digital...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: What Is Freedom?: Politics and Reconstruction [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that guides students through an examination of the outcomes of the Civil War. Includes discussion prompts related to the effectiveness of...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Colonialism
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students identify the Impacts of Colonialism - to include social, economic and political legacies and how these led to civil wars, dictators, and corrupt governments. Students grasp the complexity of...