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Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore ways to connect local events to national history,
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore the work of Thomas Nast and his expressions of slavery and emancipation in the United States.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore how folk medicine can be used to help teach science concepts.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
Who is Major Charles Young and what is his role in shaping the National Park Service?
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Amira Dehmani, a 2022 Liljenquist Family Fellow at the Library of Congress, explores the role of the Cherokee Nation in the Civil War.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Native American History
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn how to locate and verify information about people in Civil War photographs and how you can use this information in instructional activities.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Amira Dehmani, a 2022 Liljenquist Family Fellow at the Library of Congress, explores the use of opium during the Civil War for pain management and its impact on the soldiers that used it.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Posted by: Danna Bell
In this post by Amira Dehmani, a 2022 Liljenquist Family Fellow at the Library of Congress, Learn how the Civil War forced the Union and Confederate postal systems to evolve.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn more about Civil War Nostalgia, a early form of PTSD.
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Veterans and Military History