Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Digital Collection: Civil War in the American South

CIVIL WAR IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHDigital Library of Georgia
Contents: This multi-agency collection of over 10,000 documents explores the history and culture of the American South. The resource is organized into collections focusing on specific areas such as letters, diaries, broadsides, and photographs.
Classroom Connections: Involve youth in focusing on a particular collection and connecting it with key Civil War events. For instance, create a timeline showing the dates of the letters of a soldier and connect them with key dates during the war. Or, locate a broadside or map and discuss its connection to a battle.
Featured Digital Objects:
Confederate Broadsides - https://goo.gl/IM9rdH
Battle map - https://goo.gl/LlldhN
To visit the collection, go to http://american-south.org/