Civil+War

8th Grade US History | [|MidWeb] | [|HCISD] | [|District Libraries]

= Civil War = = = = = Online Activities ||~ Link || //( matching or concentration) // || http://www.quia.com/jg/66005.html || // Interactive! maps, primary sources, timelines, activities // || http://pathways.thinkport.org/flash_home.cfm || // Interactive! Pretend you are a slave and make decisions along the path. // || http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/ || // quizzes by topic, literature connections, internet links with questions to answer // || http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/civil_war.htm ||
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 * Game: Civil War People and Places
 * Activity: Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad
 * Activity: The Underground Railroad
 * Activity: Civil War Activity Page

**Resources**

Civil War // (government archives) // || http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/ ||
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 * Pictures of the Civil War

Slavery // click on Contents, look for Free at Last // || // Former slaves tell their stories: audio files, images, songs // || http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ || // From 18th century Virginia Newspapers // || http://etext.virginia.edu/subjects/runaways/ || // Click on "The Collection" to see pictures of money from many states. Click on "The Images" to see slavery images on the money. // || [] ||
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 * Eyewitness: An Escape from Slavery, John Boston, 1862 || http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/flash.php
 * Voices from the Days of Slavery (Library of Congress)
 * Runaway Slave Advertisements
 * Beyond Face Value: Money During the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln Robert King Stone, 1865 || http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/flash.php // click on Contents, look for Fallen Leaders // || // Maps, speeches, pictures, political cartoons, timelines // || http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/ || // Searchable database, writings, speeches, images, bibliography // || http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/education/educate.htm ||
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 * Eyewitness Account of Assassination of President Lincoln
 * Eyewitness Account of Assassination of President Lincoln
 * Abraham Lincoln's Classroom
 * Abraham Lincoln's Classroom
 * Abraham Lincoln Online
 * Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Memorial || http://www.alplm.org/intro_0a_content.html ||