Students can tour a slave cabin and learn about slave living conditions. They will discover how primitive medicine was through soldiers' narratives and primary documents and can follow a Union and Confederate soldier into battle. Also, students can research the economic differences between North and South and how these differences contributed to the beginning of the war. The site also includes a teacher's guide to enrich current curriculum lessons on the subject. The site also links to the museum's or landmark's official site when available.
Students can browse the locations by state.
The focus is on researching primary texts from national and local libraries and archives. Students may read electronic texts of narratives or search the collections for a person or place. These materials offer a unique look into Southern perspectives on American history and culture at the time. A pair of series and one title stand out for their unique presentation of information. Kate Houston Mitchoff is a School Corps Librarian, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR This article originally appeared in the Spring 2001 issue of netConnect.