The Primary Sources series is the winner of the 2015 Academics' Choice Awards for the 2015 Smart Book Award in recognition of mind-building excellence. The Civil War Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history of the Civil War. Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock.
The Civil War Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:
Analysis
Critical Thinking
Point of View
Compare and Contrast
Order of Events
And Much More!
Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!
The 20 documents in the Civil War Primary Sources Pack are:
1. Poster related to Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 - published 1851
2. Title page of Uncle Tom's Cabin - 1852
3. Photograph of Harriet Tubman - 1855
4. Political cartoon related to 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act - 1856
5. Illustration of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia - published November 5, 1859
6. Illustration of General Scott's "Anaconda Plan" - 1861
7. Bombardment of Fort Sumter - April 1861
8. 7th New York State Militia - 1861
9. Wounded soldiers in hospital - ca. 1861-1865
10. U.S. Government Recruiting Poster - 1861
11. Photograph of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy - 1861
12. Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln and General George B. McClellan in the general's tent at Antietam, Maryland - October 3, 1862
13. Illustration in Harper's Weekly entitled "Emancipation" - 1863
14. Photograph of scars on a whipped slave; Baton Rouge, Louisiana - April 1863
15. Photograph of General Sherman's troops destroy
