Mr.+Marshman

Civil War:

 * **[|A_Nation_Divided.flp] (flipchart - requires ACTIVstudio to open)**
 * [|civil_war.flp] (brief assessment of key figures/events involved with the Civil War)
 * [|Causes_of_Civil_War_20080520053707.flp] (Events leading to the Civil War)
 * [|CivilWarjeopardy[1.flp]] (Civil War Jeopardy)
 * [] (lesson plan for Virtual Civil War activities)

> This tour highlights the major events of the American Civil War. Start at Fort Sumter and end at Appomattox. > > __Idea for Implementation:__ Following the path of the Civil War while instructing on major battles provides excellent visual literacy. Students will see the initial push north and the response that led to the South's ultimate defeat. > Title: [|Battles of the US Civil War] > Description: > A very densly populated placemark collection detailing the locations of every U.S. Civil War Battle! Most have links to a site with details about the battle. This collection must have taken hundreds of hours to compile!
 * **Google Earth Tour**[[image:/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://historytours.wikispaces.com/file/view/civil_war.kmz"]] [|civil_war.kmz]
 * Content Area: Social Studies
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This video contains [|6 segments] ||  || This video contains [|7 segments] Curriculum Standards ||  || This video contains [|13 segments]
 * ===Discovery Education Videos===
 * || [[image:http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/images/search/82827065-c4fe-48e7-8b53-83a616190cf1.jpg width="105" height="72" link="http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=82827065-C4FE-48E7-8B53-83A616190CF1&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US"]] Full Video || [|**Civil War**] (15:00) Witness the conflict between North and South and the South's eventual secession that led to a rush to arms, pitting countryman against countryman. This program utilizes exciting re-enactments, artifacts, and interviews to explore key battles of the civil war, life on the Northern and Southern home fronts, and the role of African Americans in the war . Concludes with the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the fall of the Confederacy.Grade(s) : 3-5, 6-8 [[image:/images/icons/icon_edit.gif caption="Editable"]] © 2003 100% Educational Videos
 * || [[image:http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/images/search/8e87d8fa-1e4d-42a4-b2b0-f6d1463f1d2c.jpg width="105" height="72" link="http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=8E87D8FA-1E4D-42A4-B2B0-F6D1463F1D2C&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US"]] Full Video || [|**Assignment Discovery: Christmas and the Civil War**] (49:02) Many Americans take for granted that Christmas is a federal holiday, but how did this religious event become a national one? The answer takes us back to the time of the civil war . In fact, the modern-day notion of Christmas has its roots in a time when America was at war with itself.Grade(s) : 6-8 [[image:/images/icons/icon_edit.gif caption="Editable"]] © 2006 Discovery Channel School
 * || [[image:http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/images/search/fcef1b38-0acc-47e9-8bf0-cb7758369ed8.jpg width="105" height="72" link="http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=FCEF1B38-0ACC-47E9-8BF0-CB7758369ED8&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US"]] Full Video || [|**American History: The Civil War: A Nation Divided**] (55:17) Explore the social and economic forces that shaped the North's industrial cities and the South's plantations. See how the discord between pro-slavery and antislavery advocates erupted at Fort Sumter. Retrace the major events of the civil war ; and investigate the assassination attempts that Lincoln survived.Grade(s) : 9-12 [[image:/images/icons/icon_edit.gif caption="Editable"]] © 2005 Discovery Channel School

[|Teacher's Guide] Curriculum Standards ||  || This video contains [|9 segments] Curriculum Standards ||  || This video contains [|8 segments] Curriculum Standards ||  || This video contains [|12 segments] Curriculum Standards
 * || [[image:http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/images/search/82155ffa-1425-4595-bea8-10662fdf80cf.jpg width="105" height="72" link="http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=82155FFA-1425-4595-BEA8-10662FDF80CF&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US"]] Full Video || [|**Causes of the Civil War**] (14:00) This compelling program reveals how the interests of the industrial North and the agricultural South (the Cotton Belt) came to clash over critical issues such as plantation slavery, and how these issues eventually led to the secession of the southern states. It journeys along the Underground Railroad, highlighting the resistance of slavery, and introduces viewers to an American hero, Abraham Lincoln, and his momentous political and social vision.Grade(s) : 6-8 [[image:/images/icons/icon_edit.gif caption="Editable"]] © 2003 100% Educational Videos
 * || [[image:http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/images/search/43a7c2dc-1dd3-41f1-9828-d911fc044243.jpg width="105" height="72" link="http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=43A7C2DC-1DD3-41F1-9828-D911FC044243&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US"]] Full Video || [|**Dear America: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864**] (26:49) A Confederate girl records the hardships of Southern life as the civil war rages at her doorstep and tears her family and country apart.Grade(s) : 6-8 [[image:/images/icons/icon_edit.gif caption="Editable"]] © 1998 Scholastic
 * || [[image:http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/images/search/590e6853-ae15-4601-a5f3-daad8b4600da.jpg width="105" height="72" link="http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=590E6853-AE15-4601-A5F3-DAAD8B4600DA&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US"]] Full Video || [|**United States History: 1860-1900: The Civil War and Reconstruction**] (19:37) This program uses period paintings, graphics, and dramatic motion picture footage, as well as some primary sources and archival footage, to document the issues and events leading to the American civil war, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the steps taken to revitalize the nation at war ’s end. The program continues into the early twentieth century, including immigration, industrialization, and the territorial expansion gained in the Spanish-American war .Grade(s) : 6-8 [[image:/images/icons/icon_edit.gif caption="Editable"]] © 1996

This video is from the following Additional Media Pack(s): ||   || This video contains [|8 segments]
 * || [[image:http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/images/search/285b90c0-bbe5-44e0-8453-4a9cbb18642a.jpg width="105" height="72" link="http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=285B90C0-BBE5-44E0-8453-4A9CBB18642A&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US"]] Full Video || [|**Civil War, The: The South Secedes and War Begins**] (19:03) This program documents the beginnings of the American civil war --the deadliest war ever undertaken in the Western Hemisphere, taking the lives of over 600,000 Americans. The separate cultures of the North and South led to different economic and social justice views as well as deep-seated hostility, prompting several states to secede from the union. Period photographs, re-creations and artwork illustrate the beginnings of the conflict and its early battles. Grade(s) : 6-8 [[image:/images/icons/icon_edit.gif caption="Editable"]] © 1993 Aims Multimedia

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This video is from the following Additional Media Pack(s): ||   || This video contains [|7 segments]
 * || [[image:http://www.unitedstreaming.com/videos/images/search/f008acce-1aa9-4df1-b683-8d876ff21ba2.jpg width="105" height="72" link="http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=F008ACCE-1AA9-4DF1-B683-8D876FF21BA2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US"]] Full Video || [|**Civil War Soldier: The Infantryman**] (23:25) The civil war often evokes glorified and romanticized images of battles, swirling smoke, bright flags and struggling masses of men. However, the drama and tension of battle was only a small part of the average soldier’s life. Explore the realities of daily life for the civil war infantryman in this living history reenactment video. Discover what type of men volunteered and why they decided to join the fight. Historic reenactors demonstrate how the infantrymen cooked and what they ate, how they dressed and what equipment they carried, and how they were trained to use muskets and work in formation. Sanitary conditions, illness and diseases, and medical care is also discussed.Grade(s) : 6-8 [[image:/images/icons/icon_edit.gif caption="Editable"]] © 1987 ITS

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