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Materials Used
The following materials will be used in this lesson.
- Student Project Outline
- Photographic Analysis Form
- How to Write a News Article
- Research Guide
- Peer Editing Guide
- Self Assessment & Peer Evaluation
- Final Evaluation
Resources Used
The following resources will be used in this lesson
Library of Congress Resources
- Selected Civil War Photographs 1861-1865
- Taking Photographs During the American Civil War
- Does the Camera Ever Lie? The Case of the Confused Identity and the Case of the Moved Body
- James River, Va. Sailors on deck of U.S.S. Monitor; cookstove at left
- Gettysburg, Pa. Dead Confederate soldiers in "the devil's den"
- Cumberland Landing, Va. Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house
- Keedysville, Md., vicinity. Confederate wounded at Smith's Barn, with Dr. Anson Hurd, 14th Indiana Volunteers, in attendance
Other Online Sources
- The American Civil War Homepage, University of Tennessee
- The United States Civil War Center, Louisiana State University
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service
- The American Civil War, Dakota State University
Last Updated: 08/31/2007