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The African American Experience
Use our latest exhibit to learn about or teach the African American experience during the Civil War.
From the EducatorsFebruary 2011 There's more happening in the Trust's Education Department now than ever before. The things on which we are working will be highlighted in this newsletter and elsewhere in the coming months. Some of the new and exciting items include: resources for your classroom, interpretation on battlefields, a book encouraging enthusiasts to get out and do things, and numerous web-based pieces that continue to make our website the best place for teaching and learning about the Civil War. In this e-newsletter check out our great new exhibit, our new Gettysburg Quiz, the Clara Barton bio and the new Teacher Institute Scholarship. Thanks for all you do, Garry Adelman, Director of History and Education |
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Michael Shaara Memorial Scholarship
Apply today for the Michael Shaara Memorial Scholarship, a scholarship for an outstanding teacher who uses literature and creative writing to teach the Civil War. 2011 Best Lesson Plan Sponsored by History™
We are looking for the 2011 Best Civil War Lesson Plan. If you think you have a plan that will help other educators teach the Civil War send it our way. With a grand prize of $2,500, why wait? Clara Barton Biography
Learn more about the 'Angel of the Battlefield,' the woman who revolutionized healthcare in wartime and went on to found the American Red Cross. Gordon Rhea: "Why Non-Slaveholding Southerners Fought for the Confederacy"
Read Gordon Rhea's address to the Charleston Library Society given last month. Rhea, a highly esteemed Civil War scholar, has written several books and given scores of lectures in his career. Teacher Exhibits at the 2011 Teacher Institute
All Teacher Institute attendees are invited to exhibit at this year's Teacher Institute. Teacher exhibits allow you to display your Civil War instruction with fellow educators because we all know that one of the best parts of attending a conference is learning from our colleagues. The First Day at Gettysburg: Then & Now
Learn more about the Battle of Gettysburg's first day: July 1, 1863. Historian Tim Smith dispels myths and highlights the often overshadowed actions. Book of the Month
Photo by Brady: a picture of the Civil War Mathew Brady's name is so closely associated with Civil War photography that he is often credited with all photographs taken during the war, even those taken by his competitors. The phrase, "Photo by Brady," was affixed to each image produced by his studio and is an apt title for a book focusing on how photography was used to document history, both through portraiture and in battlefield pictures. Armstrong notes that Photo by Brady may be unbalanced because of the emphasis on the Eastern theater and on the Union but as she points out, "every photographer has to leave something out of the frame." It is hard to imagine that Armstrong has left anything out, and in fact, she invites readers to imagine the photos that were not taken during the war due to the limitations of the technology. The organization and narrative of the book mirror the photographic process of preparation of the plate, exposure, developing the image and fixing the image. Brady, his studio, and his partner Alexander Gardner are introduced in the first chapter (preparation of the plate) prior to the beginning of the war. As the nation moved closer to war, Armstrong describes how Brady and Gardner used their connections and business acumen to document the event. Armstrong provides a broad overview in each chapter of the politics and battles and progress of the war and places Brady and his photographers in the context of each of those events. In addition to integrating the chronology of the war with the photographic documentation of battles, readers learn how photographers adapted to field conditions to take their photographs and how those photos, such as The Dead of Antietam, shocked the nation. Armstrong explains how the photos themselves evoke a response and she describes how the photos taken by Gardner at Gettysburg immediately after the battle differed from those taken by Brady several weeks after. This is a visually attractive book, from the glossy pages to the impressive primary source photographs and glass plates to the layout itself. After all these years, after the battlefields have become farmland, Brady has fixed forever the images of the soldiers and places they made famous for posterity. Trivia from the Archives
Q. In February, 1861, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated President of the Confederate States of America in what southern city? Q. In February, 1862, Ulysses S. Grant gained the nickname 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant after the capture of which Confederate fort on the Cumberland River? Civil War on the Web
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