How do you piece together
the history of the Civil War?
As explorers of the past, we can look at a variety of sources—maps, letters, diaries, objects, music, images, and more—to piece together a sense of the Civil War’s complexity. The images and related resources from this poster are designed to get students thinking about how primary sources can help uncover stories about the past. As the poster illustrates, it takes many sources to create a more complete picture of the Civil War.
Use this interactive poster to begin a conversation with students about what we know about the past, and especially about our nation’s most deadly conflict, the Civil War.
How to Use This Interactive Poster
The poster is divided into four quadrants. Hover your mouse over a quadrant to highlight it and click. When the image of that quadrant appears, click on an asterisk to learn about the object and find related learning and teaching resources.
Learn More
Teaching Resources
- “What is Historical Thinking?” video
- Learn What Primary Sources Are
- Learn What Secondary Sources Are
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Wow! What a great teaching
Wow! What a great teaching tool.
Can't wait to use this!
Can't wait to use this!
Will be using with 8th grade
Will be using with 8th grade Civil War Theme.
This is a top-of-the-line
This is a top-of-the-line history resource for teachers - thanks for producing it!
How do I get a hard copy of
How do I get a hard copy of this poster for my classroom?
Looks great. Can't wait to
Looks great. Can't wait to use this
Please consider providing
Please consider providing embed code so we may add to our school websites for teacher/student use. Many thanks,
Hello! To request a free hard
Hello! To request a free hard copy of the Civil War poster, please email info@teachinghistory.org and provide your mailing address.
This is fantastic! However,
This is fantastic! However, you might want to consider having this interactive on a page intended for students rather than instructors. I can imagine the comments -- and the ability to post new comments -- will be very distracting to students asked to check out the poster using this exact page.
Great!
Great!
Great educational tool!
Great educational tool!
Outstanding Graphics &
Outstanding Graphics & Information
Thanks!
Thanks!
I know how wonderful! lol :)
I know how wonderful! lol :)
This has been great for my
This has been great for my classroom, I love it :)!!!!!!!
This site is the best!
This site is the best!
What tool did you use to
What tool did you use to create the interactive poster?
No one tool was used. It was
No one tool was used. It was a combination of Photoshop to build the component graphics, adapting a jquery plugin developed by Joel Sutherland for the zoomable sections, and html and css.
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