The Civil War in America
Teacher Workshop Resource Material

Analysis Tools

Analyzing Primary Sources (PDF, 56KB)
Map Analysis Tool (PDF, 55KB)
Music Analysis Tool (PDF, 55KB)
Political Cartoon Analysis Guide (PDF, 9KB)
Manuscript Analysis Tool (PDF, 71KB)
Photograph and Prints Analysis Tool (PDF, 55KB)
Primary Source Analysis Tool (PDF, 26KB)

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Election to Inauguration

Distribution of Slavery in the Southern States

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Torn Asunder

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Union is Dissolved!

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An Anxious Christmas Eve

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President and Vice President of the Confederate States of America

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President and Vice President of the Confederate States of America

PDF (8.11MB)
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

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"I Do Solemnly Swear"

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Hidden Treasures (external link)

President and Vice President of the Confederate States of America

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The first flag of independence raised in the South, by the citizens of Savannah, Ga. November 8th, 1860

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The Palmetto State Song

PDF (3.91MB)
The dis-united states

PDF (1.5MB)

Ft. Sumter and the War Begins

Brother against Brother

PDF (5MB)
Contraband of War

PDF (6.7MB)
Hoisting the U.S. Flag at Fort Sumter

PDF (6.7MB)

Maps

Distribution of Slavery in the Southern States

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The Anaconda Plan

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Forts Around Washington DC

PDF (4.89MB)
Battle of Chickahominy

PDF (2.73MB)

Battle of Cedar Creek

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Gettysburg

PDF (4.47MB)

Technology - Mr. Lincoln's High Tech War

Getting a Bird's Eye View

PDF (5.79MB)
Petersburg

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Weapons of Destruction

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Minie Balls: Small but Lethal

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Field Hospital at Work

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Left-Handed Penmanship Contest

PDF (7.37MB)
Lee's "Lost Orders" and McClellan's Wasted Opportunity

PDF (7.37MB)
Merrimack & Monitor

PDF (7.78MB)

Lloyd's American railroad map, showing the whole seat of the war.

PDF (7.78MB)
Vicksburg Daily Citizen

PDF (7.78MB)

Hidden Treasure (external link)
Ticket to Ride

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Ticket to Ride

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Ticket to Ride

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Telegram from balloon—Thaddeus S. C. Lowe to Abraham Lincoln

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Fair Oaks, Virginia. Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe replenishing balloon INTREPID from balloon CONSTITUTION

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Professor Lowe's military balloon near Gaines Mill, Virginia

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Prof. T. Lowe making a balloon ascension on a reconnoitering expedition to Vienna, Va.

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Professor Lowe in his balloon

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Professor Lowe's military balloon near Gaines Mill, Virginia

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