Kendall Haven

Voices of the American Civil War

Stories of Men, Women, and Children Who Lived Through the War Between the States

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Produktbeschreibung

Immerse your students in these 27 gripping accounts of men, women, and children-from the North and the South-who lived, fought, and survived the Civil War. Following the same format as Voices of the American Revolution, nationally acclaimed author and storyteller Kendall Haven takes you on a journey through the Civil War, giving students a well-rounded understanding of this four-year upheaval. All characters in the book are real, and the stories are historically accurate. Followed by a variety of learning extensions-objective questions, research projects, hands-on learning activities, and open-ended points to ponder for discussion-all stories complement the history curriculum and support National History Standards.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libraries Unlimited
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 688g
• ISBN-13: 9781563089053
• ISBN-10: 156308905X
• Artikelnr.: 21169079

Autorenporträt

KENDALL HAVEN is a nationally recognized master storyteller and the author of numerous books, including Marvels of Math, Write Right! , and Close Encounters with Deadly Dangers. A former research scientist, he is based in Fulton, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction How to Use This Book.. Before the War at a Glance: The
Gathering Thunder. Free or Slave?: The Bloody Fight for Kansas, 1855-1857.
At a Glance Meet Charles Dickson. Free or Slave?. Aftermath Follow-up
Questions and Activities Righteous Raiders: John Brown's Attack on Harpers
Ferry, October 17, 1859 At a Glance Meet Meriam Dean. Righteous Raiders
Aftermath Notes. Follow-up Questions and Activities 1861 at a Glance:
Passions Boil; the Bloodshed Begins!. Dodging the Bullet: President Lincoln
Moves to Washington, February 1861. At a Glance Meet Allan Pinkerton
Dodging the Bullet. Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Growin'
Cotton; Killin' Yankees: Southern Prewar Popular Attitudes, April 1861 At a
Glance Meet Thomas Parker. Growin' Cotton; Killin' Yankees. Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities Tea Cakes, White Lace, and Bloodshed:
First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), July 1861. At a Glance Meet Ambrose
and Abigail Patterson. Tea Cakes, White Lace, and Bloodshed Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities 1862 at a Glance: A Deadly Tug of War
Supper, Shoes, and Shovels: Supplying a Civil War Army, February 1862 At a
Glance Meet Captain Walter Huster Supper, Shoes, and Shovels. Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities Sister Spies: Life in Occupied
Winchester, Virginia, March 1862 At a Glance Meet Rebecca and Hannah
Wright. Sister Spies Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Turn
Coat, Turn Coat: The Civil War in the Far West and the Battle of Glorieta
Pass, February-March 1862 At a Glance Meet Hector Manuel Alianjo Turn Coat,
Turn Coat Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Private Petticoat:
Female Army Spy, May 1862. At a Glance Meet Sarah Edmonds Private Petticoat
Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Patriotic Pride and Prejudice:
Northern Blacks' Efforts to Enlist, Summer 1862. At a Glance Meet John
Mercer Langston Patriotic Pride and Prejudice. Aftermath Follow-up
Questions and Activities Iron Might: Ironclad Naval Battles on the
Mississippi, June 1862. At a Glance Meet James Brady. Iron Might Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities "Reporting" for Duty: Civil War Field
Reporters, September 1862 At a Glance Meet George Smalley "Reporting" for
Duty Aftermath Notes. Follow-up Questions and Activities Ounce of
Prevention; Pound of Cure: An Army Field Surgeon, Fall 1862 At a Glance
Meet Thomas Wallsly. Ounce of Prevention; Pound of Cure Aftermath Notes.
Follow-up Questions and Activities 1863 at a Glance: The Tide Turns A Place
of Freedom: Southern Slaves' Efforts to Gain Freedom, March 1863. At a
Glance Meet Ransom Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson A Place of Freedom.
Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Diary of Death: The Siege of
Vicksburg, May-July 1863 At a Glance Meet Lucy McRae. Diary of Death.
Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Home Town Horror: The Battle
of Gettysburg, July 1863 At a Glance Meet Amelia Harmon Home Town Horror.
Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Striking Out: New York City
Draft Riots, July 1863. At a Glance Meet Michael Ryan. Striking Out.
Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Sounding Battle: The Life of a
Drummer Boy at the Battle of Chickamauga, September 1863 At a Glance Meet
Ephram Dillard. Sounding Battle. Aftermath Follow-up Questions and
Activities Fast, Dark, and Quiet: Confederate Ships That Ran the Union
Naval Blockade, October 1863 At a Glance Meet Captain John Wilkinson.
Fast, Dark, and Quiet Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities 1864 at
a Glance: The Endless End Southern Shortages: Southern Women's Soldiers'
Aid Society Efforts, 1864. At a Glance Meet Virginia DeLouise Southern
Shortages Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Battle "Cries":
Women Working in an Army Hospital, May 1864 At a Glance Meet Sally Tompkins
Battle "Cries". Aftermath Notes. Follow-up Questions and Activities Tears
of Fear: Army Deserters, May-June 1864 At a Glance Meet Edward Cooper
Tears of Fear. Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Unsung Heroes:
Black Union Regiments and the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864. At a
Glance Meet Private Alfonse Mathews. Unsung Heroes Aftermath Follow-up
Questions and Activities A "Fair" Fight: Northern Women's Efforts to
Support the Sanitary Commission, September-November 1864 At a Glance Meet
Mary Livingston. A "Fair" Fight Aftermath Notes. Follow-up Questions and
Activities Sweet Potatoes, Cotton, Tobacco, and Quinine: A Wealth of
Smuggling, October 1864 At a Glance Meet Jedediah Turner Sweet Potatoes,
Cotton, Tobacco, and Quinine Aftermath Notes. Follow-up Questions and
Activities 1865 at a Glance: Johnny Comes Marching Home. United We Fall:
Lee's Surrender, April 1865. At a Glance Meet Captain James Fielder United
We Fall Aftermath Follow-up Questions and Activities Skeleton Heroes:
Prisoners of War, April 1865 At a Glance Meet Chester Lumpkin Skeleton
Heroes. Aftermath Notes. Follow-up Questions and Activities Epilogue: The
Road to Reconstruction, April-June 1865. Glossary. References. Index