Search on black, colored, Negro, slavery, and contraband for photographs of African Americans. Chronological Thinking Students can use the photograph collection as a springboard for learning about causes and results of the Civil War. Pictures of events surrounding Lincoln's assassination can lead students to study circumstances and effects of the assassination. Using photographs showing the fate of conspirators in Lincoln's assassination, students can compare the Civil War justice system with crime and punishment today. Search on assassination, conspirator, funeral, and Lincoln.
Students can study structures in cities and small towns.
For example, students can review photographs of Atlanta during Sherman's occupation. Students can compare building sizes, styles, and types in Civil War Atlanta to buildings in present day Atlanta. Search on names of cities and towns, such as Atlanta. Unidentified Union volunteer with shouldered rifle and bayonet in photographer's studio. Using this collection, students can begin to understand that photographers bring a point of view to their photographs.