Civil War Sesquitenniel Educational Resources
This is but a partial list of resources available online or through your state agency. Visit your state
park, the Library of Congress, local museums and other state agencies for more lesson plans, activities,
event listings and Civil War updates.
In Arkansas:
A fabulous site, complete with timeline and database, teachers and students alike will find plenty of resources
here! Here are some suggestions for projects from the education page: “Parents and teachers will find stories
about how each item affected Arkansans, along with step-by-step instructions explaining how to create
each object.” The site even has podcasts and a speakers bureau listed! A real MUST SEE!
• Make Your Own Regimental Flags
• Make Your Own Underground Railroad Lantern
• Make Your Own Zouave FezMake Your Own Fan
• Make Your Own Ink
• Making Civil War Food
http://www.arkansascivilwar150.com/
The site as many links and photos as well as living history programs, a traveling exhibit and re-enactments.
Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park: http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/prairiegrovebattlefield/
Pea Ridge National Military Park: http://www.nps.gov/peri
Here is a partial list of websites that can be found on the Arkansas Civil War, but to get the full benefit, you
MUST visit this site! It is not to be missed!
http://www.arkansascivilwar150.com/links/
Arkansas Living History Association: http://www.arkansaslivinghistory.com
Mississippi Valley Educational Programs: http://www.mvep.org
A Soldier's Story: http://19thcenturyhistory.us
A Woman's Point of View: www.speakingofladies.com
Southern Division Re-Enactors: http://www.southerndivision.org/
Digital representations of the Prairie Grove Battlefield from the University of Arkansas:
http://3dpg.cast.uark.edu
Arkansas's Civil War state parks: http://www.historystateparks.com/civil-war/
Arkansas Civil War sites: http://www.arkansas.com/things-to-do/history-heritage/civil_war.aspx
Arkansas Civil War at the Arkansas History Commission: http://www.arkansascivilwar.com/
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http://www.nps.gov/cw150
Jacksonville Museum of Military History: http://www.jaxmilitarymuseum.org/index.html
Civil War Preservation Trust Discovery Trail: http://www.civilwardiscoverytrail.org
Oklahoma and the Civil War
http://www.okcivilwar.org/category/education
Coloring sheets, historic sites, forts, Civil War Living History sites and museums.
Learn how Native Americans fought in the Civil War.
“Honey Springs Battlefield
The Engagement at Honey Springs (called The Affair at Elk Creek by the Confederates) was the largest of
more than 107 documented hostile encounters in the Indian Territory. The engagement took place on a
rainy Friday, July 17, 1863, between the 1st Division, Army of the Frontier, commanded by Maj. Gen.
James G. Blunt and the Confederate Indian Brigade led by Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper.”
Civil War Landscapes: http://civilwarlandscapes.org/cwla/cwlaf.htm
Lesson Plan on The family of Laura Ingalls Wilder faces the Civil War for elementary grades
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/search.asp?id=140
Civil War Traveler: http://www.civilwartraveler.com
Arkansas's Civil War Campaign Trails: http://arkansasheritagetrails.com/Civil-War/
Reed’s Bridge Battlefield: http://www.reedsbridgebattlefield.webs.com/
www.nancydane.com
Author and historian, Nancy Dane, an alumnus of the University of the Ozarks, brings alive Civil War
Arkansas with four published books. The historical fiction series accurately portrays both soldier and civilian.
The novels, as well as the compilation of research titled Tattered Glory, are used with accompanying lesson
plans as curriculum in Arkansas high schools and colleges. A Difference of Opinion, book two in the series,
was nominated for the prestigious Michael Shaara Award, best Civil War fiction of 2009.
Ms. Dane, proud mother of four and grandmother of twelve, lives in the Arkansas Ozarks, the setting for the
novels. A frequent presenter at professional development seminars, she also speaks to schools and civic
organizations across the nation.
Here are a few lesson plans concerning Wisconsin and the Civil War for secondary students
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/teachers/search.asp?id=106
The Civil War Trust site provides resources for teachers of all grades. Included on the site are curriculum
resources, pdf coloring pages, primary sources, a field trip planner, crossword puzzles, The Traveling Trunk,
biographies, and more.
http://www.civilwar.org/education/teachers/
The Civil War Trust site for kids has tons of activities and suggestions for learning for families and students.
Maps, photos, battles, book reviews, a glossary, a pdf coloring book, videos, and much, much more!
http://www.civilwar.org/education/students/
The anniversary in Mississippi site, links, and educational materials should be a definite stop!
http://mscivilwar150.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/CivilWarReportr
http://www.virginiacivilwar.org/
Civil War Battlefields
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/
Civil War Maps
http://www.civilwar.org/maps/
Other Civil War Resource Websites
* National Park Service Civil War 150th: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar150/
* Missouri Civil War Sesquicentennial
Civil War Soldier Search: http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/
Weider History Group, the publisher of Civil War Times and America’s Civil War magazines, is pleased to be
working with our partners to promote the commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial.
http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-sesquicentennial
Pennsylvania and the Civil War
http://pacivilwar150.com/
Interactive Timeline
http://www.pacivilwar150.org/understand/timeline.aspx
Interactive Map
http://www.pacivilwar150.org/flash/map/map.html
Learn about Robert E. Lee
Stratford Hall; his birthplace
http://www.stratfordhall.org/learn/lees/robert_e_lee.php
http://civilwar150.longwood.edu/
Long list of Civil War Interactives
Here are a few examples:
• This is one of the oldest and most popular features of Civil War Interactive. Just click a date on the calendar and find
out what happened on that day in the Civil War. Pick one date and find out what happened in 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864
and 1865. Crazy headlines make the events even more intriguing. Check today, your birthday or any other day. Have fun
with it. http://civilwarinteractive.com/thisday2.htm
• Yes, you can really assemble Civil War jigsaw puzzles right here 9 and the cats can't jump on them and ruin it! Thirty
different puzzles with more coming. You can set then to be as easy or hard as you want. And what I feeling when you
drag two of the right pieces together and hear them click as they connect. Give us some time and we'll be adding
crossword puzzles and Word Searches as well. Let's face it, war is hell, but games are just fun.
http://civilwarinteractive.com/GamesMain.htm
• Tons of links divided into categories
Who could count the number of Civil War sites on the Internet? Certainly not us - but we do our best to look at as many
as possible. And when we find one that we think provides important information for our readers, we add it to
LinkCentral. Categories include People, Regional, Regimentals, Battles and more. So make us your home, but visit the
neighbors as well!
http://civilwarinteractive.com/LinkCentralMain.htm
Huge list of Civil War Biographies!
You can get biographies of Lee and Grant, Sherman and Longstreet and all the other famous officers of the
war. But what about the others. The others with lesser known names but who performed deeds just as heroic.
Those are the men we concentrate on. Men like Tyree Bell, Thomas Jordan, Charles Reed and hundreds of
others. you'll find some of the more notable, but check it out, you'll be surprised how much you learn.
http://civilwarinteractive.com/Biographies/BiosIndex1.htm
Here is a virtual tour of the Civil War
http://dscorpio.tripod.com/tours/american_civil_war/playtour.htm
Lots of free lesson plans and curriculum found here!
http://www.illinoiscivilwar150.org/curriculum.html
This site is an awesome resource for just about everything a teacher could need!
http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/civilwar.html
Tennessee has a great site that is filled with social studies and reading activities found here:
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/civil_war.htm
A Nation Divided: U.S. Civil War
This visual timeline offers hyperlinks to photos of important Civil War generals. You'll also find famous
quotes from the period, such as Robert E. Lee's words on resigning his commission in the United States
Army.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
Civil War Lesson on Diciphering Morse Code
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2012.shtml
http://www.civilwar.org/education/teachers/lesson-plans/african-american-soldiers-lesson-plan/fightingfor-african-american.html
Civil War Trust lesson plan on African American soldiers and the fight for rights and responsibilities of
citizenship.
http://www.nbm.org/about-us/about-the-museum/civil-war-anniversary.html
National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/110407-civil-war-sesquicentennial/
Want to know more about President Lincoln?
http://www.abrahamlincoln200.org/learning-about-lincoln/for-teachers/default.aspx
Lots of material can be found here: Civil War in Missouri
http://mocivilwar150.com/
Primary Sources
Bushwhackers
Institutional Collections
Military
Newspapers
Border Star Newspaper
Kansas City Public Library and State Historical Society of Missouri
Hannibal Clipper
Hannibal Free Public Library
Liberty Tribune
William Jewell College
Phelps County New Era
Missouri University of Science and Technology
St. Louis Christian Advocate
Central Methodist University
Politics
Popular and Material Culture
Band Music from the Civil War Era
The Civil War in Missouri Artifact Gallery
Missouri History Museum
Civil War Photographs
Civil War Sheet Music Collection
Photographs of African Americans During the Civil War
Photographs of Women During the Civil War: Selected Images
Published Sources
Civil War in Missouri – Monographs
University of Missouri - Columbia
Teacher’s Guides
Videos
http://americancivilwar.com/authors/Joseph_Ryan/150-Year-Anniversary/February-1861/What-HappenedFebruary-1861.html
Civil War Blog in Arkansas
http://civilwarbuff.org/wp/2011/06/ozarks-civil-war-sesquicentennial-newsletter-20/