Applied Technology in the Social Studies Classroom

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Applied Technology in the Social Studies
Classroom

• By Simeon Crowell

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Thematic Strands

• Culture
• Time, Continuity, and Change
• People, Places, and Environments
• Individuals, Groups and Institutions
• Power, Authority, and Governance

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TEKS

• (7) History. The student understands how
  political, economic, and social factors led to
  the growth of sectionalism and the Civil War.
  The student is expected to
• (b) Compare the effects of political, economic,
  and social factors on slaves and free blacks
• (c) Analyze the impact of slavery on different
  sections of the United States

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• The following websites have information on the
  civil war and all of the events involving the
  civil war. They all have pictures that the
  students can use to visualize some of the
  objects, people, and events that occurred. There
  are some specific sites that are primarily about
  African Americans in the Civil War and others
  about the Civil War in general but also discuss
  African Americans.

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• As a teacher in the classroom there are several
  student activities that you could have the
  students participate in. I would give my
  students the following list of websites and have
  them research the information that is presented
  to them at these websites.

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Student Activities

• The students would state which sites were
  reliable and explain why.
• The students could read diaries of slaves,
  soldiers, nurses, and others and discuss the
  similarities and differences between the two in
  groups and how things would be like today if the
  Civil War was going on now.
• You could also have them do a skit about the
  civil war and some of the notable people that
  participated in the war effort.

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Student Activities

• The student could write a compare and contrast
  paper on how the African Americans and white
  peoples roles in the war.
• They could also create a graph showing the
  percentage of soldiers, spies, nurses, etc. that
  where white or African American in the war.
• The students can create maps of the Civil War and
  the battles that let up the Civil War as a way
  for the students to visualize the events.
• Another activity would be for the students to
  find and discuss objects that were used both in
  the Civil War and now and the improvements that
  have been made with our present war weapons.

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Websites

• This site is wonderful as a brief overview of
  all of the civil war events.
• http//encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567354/Civi
  l_War_American.html

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African Americans in the Civil War Websites

• http//www.afroamcivilwar.org/
• http//www.coax.net/people/lwf/data.htm
• http//lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart
  4.html
• http//www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaffsfl.htm
  CIVIL
• http//www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/history/aa_history.htm
  

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General Civil War Websites

• http//www.civilwar.com/
• http//home.sandiego.edu/kelliej/women.html
• http//sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
• http//www.americancivilwar.com/
• http//www.civil-war.net/
• http//www.civilwarhome.com/

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• Poetry and Music of the Civil War
• http//home.earthlink.net/poetry61-65/
• Civil War Encyclopedia
• http//www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwarC.
  htm
• These sites shows maps of the Civil war regions
  and students can create their own maps
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
• http//www.ehistory.com/uscw/library/maps/index.cf
  m

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• These sites have great lesson plans on teaching
  the civil war.
• http//www.lessonplanspage.com/SS.htm
• http//www.eduref.org/

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• Where to find this information on the web.
• http//viking.coe.uh.edu/seasley/