Local Primary Source Lessons
Taking a Stand in the Antebellum Era—primary source stations
Raising an Army at Town Meeting—primary source activity
Researching Local Civil War Soldiers—primary source research unit
Mapping the Civil War HomeFront in your Community—map activity with short online research task
Civil War Kit from Vermont Historical Society
Civil War Poetry Lessons
List Poem: I Hear America Singing
Ballad: The Battle Cry of Freedom
Erasure Poetry: Three Hundred Thousand More
Two Veterans: An art and poetry activity
Six-Word Memoirs: Come Up from the Field Father
Eulogy: Oh Captain! My Captain!