Teaching the Civil War

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Teaching the Civil War

The Civil War is a key component of U.S. history classes.  Here we have gathered resources from across HSP to help you teach and learn about the war.

We have categorized the resources by topic first:  The War, Home Front, Politics, and Slavery and Abolition.  Within each section, there are unit plans and some secondary sources and primary sources highlighted. 

A quick way to find images and documents is to view the Featured Galleries in the Digital Library.

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When the Civil War began, Emilie Davis , a twenty four year old free African American woman, was attending school and sewing clothes to support herself.  In her diaries, Emilie wrote short daily...