Evaluating and Using Online Resources
Evaluating Web Sites:
Evaluation Rubrics for Websites
http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/Original_Web_Evaluation_Materials/6160 Widener University provides Web site evaluation
resources.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Teacher Helpers: Critical
Evaluation Information
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
DiscoverySchool.com hosts this compendium of information on Web site evaluation
specifically for educators, including evaluation forms and a tutorial
for students (complete with Spanish translation), links to many articles,
and sites to use for demonstrating critical evaluation.
net.TUTOR: Evaluation of Web Sites
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/les1/
This page offers a tutorial on evaluating Web sites.
Integrating the Internet into Your Curriculum:
The American Memory Learning Page
http://learning.loc.gov/learn/index.html
The Library of Congress offers lesson plans, activities, and more that
you can adapt for use in your classroom.
Classroom Connect
http://www.classroom.com/
Classroom Connect offers many resources, both in print and online, to
educators who want
to use the Internet in their classrooms. (Much of Classroom Connect's
content is available only through a paid subscription.)
Curriculum Ideas from CyberBee
http://www.cyberbee.com/intclass.html
This page contains examples of how the Web can be used in the classroom.
LEARN NC
http://www.learnnc.org/
A program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of
Education, this Web site offers quality resources for K-12 classroom instruction
(including lots of lesson plans) and teacher professional development
(including online courses), all tied to the North Carolina Standard Course
of Study.
North Carolina Public Schools Infoweb
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/
DPI provides the North Carolina social studies curriculum matrix, information
for teachers, recent legislative reports and assessment results, a calendar
of events, and other information on this site.
Teachers.net Chatboard
http://www.teachers.net/chatboard/
Teachers around the world exchange ideas and experiences in this chatroom.
Teachnet.com: Smart Tools for Busy Teachers
http://www.teachnet.com/
This site offers a little of everything for teachers of all grade levels
and subjects.
General Primary Sources
African American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
A Library of Congress site that offers primary sources important to African
American history.
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/
Links to many important digitized American documents, from 1492 to 1917.
The American Civil War Home Page
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#graphic
Links to many Civil War Web sites, including primary sources in the "Images
of Wartime,"
"Documentary Records," and "Rosters and Regimental Histories" sections
(as well scattered throughout the remaining subdivisions).
American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Over 7 million digital primary sources from the Library of Congress.
American Women's History: A Guide to Primary Sources
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-primary.html
Links to Web sites containing primary sources about women’s history
in the United States.
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Primary and secondary sources on American history including documents,
maps, images, audio archives of speeches and lectures by historians, an
interactive timeline, virtual exhibitions, and ideas for teachers and
students.
Documenting the American South
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
A digitized collection of sources on Southern history, literature, and
culture from the colonial
period through WWI from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
History Matters: Many Pasts
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/manypasts/
This feature from George Madison University contains 1,000 primary documents
in text, image, and audio about the experiences of ordinary Americans
throughout U.S. history.
Lesson Framework
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/fw.html
Information on using primary sources in lesson plans.
NC ECHO: Exploring Cultural Heritage Online
http://www.ncecho.org/
A project that highlights digitized special collections of North Carolina's
libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and other cultural institutions.
Primary Sources and Activities
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/teaching_with_documents.html
A site from the National Archives and Records Administration that provides
primary documents and teaching activities for major events in United States
history.
Primary vs. Secondary Sources
http://www.princeton.edu/~refdesk/primary2.html
A comparison of primary and secondary sources.
Smithsonian: History and Culture
http://www.si.edu/history_and_culture/
Online exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution tell history through
artifacts.
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/primary.html
An explanation of the types of primary sources.
Carried into War
African American Odyssey: The Civil War
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html
Information on African American soldiers in the Union army.
Big Bethel
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/va003.htm
A description of the battle at Big Bethel.
Chronology of the Secession Crisis
http://civilwarcauses.org/secesh.htm
A time line of the secession movement from January 11, 1860, through April
12, 1861.
North Carolina. A Call to Arms!
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/call/image.html
A promotional poster urging North Carolinian men to join the Confederacy.
Oath of Allegiance, 1861
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/oath/oath.html
The oath that North Carolina volunteers had to sign when joining the Confederate
army.
The Only Correct and Reliable Map of the Battle of Bethel!
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/cr3054.jpg
A period map of the Big Bethel battlefield.
Ordinances of Secession
http://www.constitution.org/csa/ordinances_secession.htm
The legal actions that the Southern states took to secede from the Union.
Proclamation Calling Militia and Convening Congress
http://www.historyplace.com:80/lincoln/proc-1.htm
Lincoln’s call for militia to suppress the Southern states that
had seceded from the Union.
Selected Statistics on Slavery in the United States
http://civilwarcauses.org/stat.htm
Data from the South as a whole and from individual states on slaveholdings
in 1860.
U.S. Colored Troops Formed in North Carolina
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncusct/regiment.htm
Articles, reports, and theses about the state’s four regiments of
U.S. Colored Troops.
A Soldier's Life
The Civil War Soldier
http://www.nps.gov/gett/soldierlife/soldiers.htm
Information from Gettysburg National Military Park about the daily life
of Civil War soldiers.
Civil War Weapons
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarweapons.htm
Information about weapons, artillery, and related equipment used during
the Civil War.
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/leon/leon.html
The diary of Private L. Leon, who served in the Charlotte Grays, Company
C, First North Carolina Regiment.
Extracts of Letters of Major-Gen'l Bryan Grimes, to His Wife
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/grimes/grimes.html
Bryan Grimes’ correspondence and recollections.
General Military Hospital for the North Carolina Troops in Petersburg
Virginia
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/generalhospital/hospital.html
The manual for the hospital’s operation.
Malinda Blalock
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~kelliej2/blalock.html
A photograph and brief biography of Malinda Blalock, North Carolina’s
only known female Civil War soldier.
Music of the War between the States
http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/music/index.html
Songs from the Civil War with audio and text.
North Carolina Troops
http://www.nctroops.com/
A list of Confederate and Union regiments formed in North Carolina.
Selected Civil War Photographs
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
More than 1,100 Civil War photographs from the Library of Congress’s
collection.
Soldier Talk and Civil War Slang
http://www.nps.gov/gett/gettkidz/soldslang.htm
A list of slang terms used by Civil War soldiers from the Gettysburg National
Military Park
Kidzpage.
The Homefront
Confederate Home Front
http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/confederate/homefront/index.html
A collection of poetry about life on the homefront during the Civil War.
Forget-Me-Nots of the Civil War: A Romance, Containing Reminiscences
and Original Letters of Two Confederate Soldiers
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/battle/lee.html
A detailed story of life in North Carolina during the Civil War by Laura
Elizabeth Lee Battle.
Fort Macon as a Shelter for Buffaloes
http://www.clis.com/friends/bufffaloes.htm
Information on Buffaloes in North Carolina.
Hearts at Home: Southern Women in the Civil War
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/hearts/
A site from the University of Virginia Library that provides information
on women's lives during the turbulent Civil War years.
Not Just a Man’s War: Women in the American Civil War 1861-65
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/manswar/index.html
A detailed Internet lesson plan about women in the Civil War; includes
good list of links for further research.
The Southern Homefront, 1861–1865: Collection of Electronic
Texts
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/texts.html
Documenting the American South, a project of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Libraries, comprises a wide variety of texts, from legal
documents and diaries to speeches and sermons.
Union Regimental Histories: North Carolina
http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnctr.htm
Brief histories of the state’s eight Union regiments.
War Days in Fayetteville, North Carolina: Reminiscences of 1861
to 1865
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/chapter/summary.html
Memoirs and poems by different women of the J. E. B. Stuart Chapter of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy, published 1910.
The War in North Carolina
Appomattox Court House, Virginia: The Surrender April 9,1865
http://www.nps.gov/archive/apco/surrend.htm
Details about Robert E. Lee’s surrender.
Bentonville Battleground
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/bentonvi/bentonvi.htm
A comprehensive site on the Bentonville battle, including photos and maps.
Civil War Battlefields in North Carolina
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/battle-search-results.html?state=NC
The Civil War Preservation Trust’s list of battlefields endangered
by development and natural forces.
CWSAC Battle Summaries: North Carolina
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/NCmap.htm
A map of the battles fought in North Carolina, with links to descriptions
of the battles.
Fort Fisher
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/nc014.htm
A summary of the battle of Fort Fisher.
Fort Fisher Log Book
http://ncrec.dcr.state.nc.us/Cat/CatServer.asp?WCI=MainEp&WCE=CatV1&WCU=509.15
Scanned pages with transcript of a log book kept for about six months
in 1864 at Fort Fisher.
Fort Macon
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/nc004.htm
A summary of the battle at Fort Macon.
Military Reminiscences of Gen. Wm. R. Boggs, C.S.A.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/boggs/boggs.html
Memoirs of Confederate general William R. Boggs, with a detailed introduction
by William K. Boyd.
Plymouth
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/nc012.htm
A description of the Plymouth battle.
Salisbury Confederate Prison
http://www.salisburync.gov/prison/1.html
Photographs, illustrations, and floor plans of Salisbury Prison.
Salisbury Confederate Prison Bibliography
http://www.rowancountync.gov/GOVERNMENT/Departments/RowanPublicLibrary/HistoryRoom/SalisburyPrison/tabid/833/Default.aspx
A bibliography from Rowan Public Library.
The Thomas Legion of North Carolina
http://cherokeehistory.com/thomasle.html
A history of the Confederate unit made up of Cherokee and white soldiers.
Time Full of Trial: The Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, 1862-1867
http://uncpress.unc.edu/chapters/click_time.html
The introduction to the book of the same title.
Wilmington
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/nc016.htm
A summary of the battle of Wilmington.
An Uncertain Future
Booker T. Washington's Views on Race, Economics, and Social Progress
http://www.albany.edu/faculty/gz580/His316/btwash2.html
A speech by Booker T. Washington and selections from Up from Slavery
concerning Reconstruction.
The Compromise of 1877
http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/USA/1877Comp.html
A summary of the agreement that ended the Reconstruction era.
The Emancipation Proclamation
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/
A page from the National Archives and Records Administration site that
explains the Emancipation Proclamation and features scanned images of
the original document.
Reconstruction and Its Aftermath
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart5.html
A summary of the Reconstruction era, told through Library of Congress
images.
Reconstruction: Douglass, Frederick, 1817?–1895
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-reldem?id=DouReco.sgm&images=images/
modeng&data=/texts/english/ modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all
An essay in Atlantic Monthly from 1866.
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/
A site from PBS that includes primary documents, video clips, Q&As
with historians, a
timeline, and a teacher's guide.
Statistical Summary: America's Major Wars
http://www.civilwarhome.com/warstats.htm
Statistics from ten wars, including number of casualties and financial
costs.