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Indiana and the Civil War Educator Curriculum Packet |
Produced by the Indiana Historical Society with funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. Well Done, Indiana DVD produced by WFYI Productions and the Indiana Historical Society. |
The Civil War contains incredible stories of sacrifice, honor, horror, destruction and valor. These narratives speak to people across the years and bring to contemporary culture the feelings and thoughts of people who lived, fought and died during the war. Our goal in creating the Indiana and the Civil War Education Curriculum Packet is to give you, the teacher, a variety of materials and ideas to bring people in the past to life for students in the classroom. As Indiana’s Storyteller™: Connecting People to the Past, the Indiana Historical Society is committed to providing teachers and students with access to the Society’s rich collections. Developed for teachers and students in grades 6-12, this multimedia packet includes:
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Well Done, Indiana DVD |
Produced by Todd Gould, WFYI Productions and the Indiana Historical Society, with funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. |
This engaging Civil War documentary features interviews, first-person accounts and rare historical photographs and archival materials that recapture the turbulent times of a nation divided. In total, more than 196,000 Hoosiers volunteered to fight during this course of the war. The film features the Iron Brigade at Gettysburg, Major General Lew Wallace, the 28th United Stated Colored Troops and Morgan's Raider's in Indiana. 30 minutes, DVD, © 2006. |
To order this DVD, visit the Basile History Market. |
| Ernie Pyle's War DVD |
Produced by Todd Gould, WFYI Productions and the Indiana Historical Society. |
Pyle was known as "America's Storyteller." Throughout the country, more than 40 million Americans sought solace in the plainspoken words of Ernie Pyle during the tumultuous years of World War II. This documentary features rare historic film and photographs, as well as revealing interviews with historians, veterans and others, including journalists Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney and Charles Osgood. 30 minutes, DVD. © 2005. |
To order this DVD, visit the Basile History Market. |
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Young Lincoln: The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln DVD |
Produced by Todd Gould, WFYI Productions and the Indiana Historical Society, with funding from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. |
Young Lincoln is a documentary about Abraham Lincoln's Indiana years. The DVD features interviews with noted historians, footage from Lincoln's boyhood home and narrative excerpts from his writings. The DVD explores the influences in southern Indiana that shaped Lincoln's character and reveal little-known stories about this chapter of his life. 27 minutes, DVD. © 2005. |
To order this DVD, visit the Basile History Market. |
The Faces of Lincoln exhibition details |
The Life of Lincoln DVD and Interactive Group Learning Tools |
Produced by the Sanders Group and the Indiana Historical Society, with funding from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. |
The Life of Lincoln chronicles President Lincoln's life from his early years to his assassination and its aftermath. The DVD also includes a comprehensive, downloadable teacher's guide with activities for the classroom. 50 minutes, downloadable teacher's guide, interactive DVD, Three-Disc Set. © 2005. |
To order, visit the Basile History Market. |
The Faces of Lincoln exhibition details |
| Nineteen’s 19: 1851 to 1920 |
| Sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society, in cooperation with the Indiana State Archives, Indiana State Library and Indiana Historical Bureau. This is the second installment in a three-part series that helps educators teach Indiana and U.S. history through primary source documents. The sourcebook provides an introduction to primary sources, 19 documents (each with an explanatory essay), practice exercises for the classroom, bibliographies and a Web site where teachers may download complete documents and transcriptions. By using primary sources, students become detectives, utilizing critical thinking and observation skills to make informed interpretations of historical events and people. The documents included in the sourcebook range from copies of Indiana’s second constitution to letters from students to a World War I soldier. The booklet allows students to see history as real and personal, as well as momentous. The Nineteen’s 19 sourcebooks are companions to Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service, published in cooperation with The History Channel, National History Day, the National Archives and the USA Freedom Corps. |
| To order the Nineteen’s 19 sourcebook, visit the Basile History Market. |
| Nineteen’s 19: 1851 to 1920 Web resources |
| Nineteen’s 19: 1778 to 1850 sourcebook details |
| The Life of Lincoln DVD |
| This interactive DVD highlights Abraham Lincoln’s life from his early days to his assassination and its aftermath. Activities include interpreting primary sources such as Lincoln photographs and political cartoons, analyzing Lincoln speeches, studying the Civil War, and other research activities. The three-disc set includes a 50-minute video, interactive DVD and a 79-page downloadable teacher's guide. |
| To order the DVD, visit the Basile History Market. |
| The Faces of Lincoln exhibition details |
| Related student educational programs |
| Related IHS Web resources |
| Young Lincoln DVD |
| Produced by 10-time Emmy Award winner Todd Gould in partnership with WFYI Teleplex, this DVD is a documentary about Abraham Lincoln’s Indiana years featuring interviews with noted historians, footage from Lincoln’s boyhood home, and narrative excerpts from his writings. The 27-minute DVD explores the influences in southern Indiana that shaped Lincoln’s character and reveals little-known stories about this chapter of his life. |
| To order the DVD, visit the Basile History Market. |
| The Faces of Lincoln exhibition details |
| Related student educational programs |
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New Books for Students from the IHS Press:
Fighting
for Equality: A Life of May Wright Sewall |
This fourth volume of the Press’s Youth Biography Series explores the life and accomplishments of this educator, woman’s rights pioneer and peace activist. Sewall helped to establish such Indianapolis institutions as the Girls’ Classical School, the Indianapolis Woman’s Club, the Contemporary Club, the Art Association of Indianapolis (today the Indianapolis Museum of Art) and the Indianapolis Propylaeum, and worked tirelessly on behalf of rights for women in the United States and around the world. |
To order the book, visit the Basile History Market. |
Spinning
through Clouds: Tales from an Early Hoosier Aviator |
Max Knight tells the story of his early flying adventures, which began in 1936 at the age of 10. At his father’s airport in Lynn, Ind., Knight met many of the state’s aviation pioneers and flew in early planes, from Piper Cubs to the Tin Goose, the first transcontinental passenger plane. The book also tells stories from the early period of national aviation, introducing such air racing champions as Roscoe Turner and Jacqueline Cochran, as well as pilots such as Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes. |
To order the book, visit the Basile History Market. |
The
Soldier's Friend: A Life of Ernie Pyle |
Explore the life and legendary career of journalist Ernie Pyle. From his early days in Dana, Ind., to his life as a newspaper correspondent during World War II and his subsequent fame as a combat reporter, Pyle’s story is told through illustrations, newspaper columns and a detailed biography. |
To order the book, visit the Basile History Market. |
| Captured!
A Boy Trapped in the Civil War by Mary Blair Immel |
| Fourteen-year-old Johnny Ables left his farm in early 1862 to gather wood, riding into danger and adventure he could never have imagined. Confederate soldiers kidnapped Johnny, forcing him into battle and leaving Johnny struggling to survive. |
| To order the book, visit the Basile History Market. |
| The
Sword and the Pen: The Life of Lew Wallace by Ray E. Boomhower |
| From fighting for the cause of freedom during the Civil War to writing one of the best-selling books of all time, Lew Wallace of Indiana enjoyed a remarkable career. The ups and downs of Wallace’s amazing days are told in this new biography for young readers. |
| To order the book, visit the Basile History Market. |
Other IHS Resource Materials
| Constitutionally Speaking |
| This curriculum includes lesson plans to help sutdents learn about the early growth of Indiana and state government. Lessons begin with the basics of government and changes that took place in Indiana from statehood to the mid-1800s. The Constitutional Convention of 1850 is explored through the biographies of delegates attending the convention, and the need for a second constitution is highlighted. Lessons also explain the important issues facing Indiana citizens in 1851, including suffrage and education. Primary sources include images of the delegates, maps and articles. A bibliography and resource list are also included in the packet. |
| To order the curriculum materials, visit the Basile History Market. |
| Indiana’s Main Street |
| This curriculum highlights people and places on the National Road in Indiana. Included in the packet are lessons on James Whitcomb Riley, the Overbeck pottery, courthouses, Earlham College, early inns, Oliver P. Morton, Gennett Studios, Quakers, and changes and developments along the road. Included with these topics are photographs, maps and other primary source documents. A brief history of the road is given, and bibliography and resource lists are included. |
| To order the curriculum materials, visit the Basile History Market. |
| The Real Stuff: Using Primary Sources in the Classroom |
| By using primary sources from local communities, students can observe how state, national and world events have affected their own communities. This teaching tool encourages historical thinking and inquiry, historical knowledge and history and citizenship. The packet includes an introduction to primary sources, categories of primary sources with examples, practice exercises to use in the classroom, analysis worksheets and a variety of support materials, including Web sites, bibliographies and recommendations from the Library of Congress. |
| To order the curriculum materials, visit the Basile History Market. |
| Related student educational programs |
| Related professional development opportunities |
| Nineteen’s 19: 1778 to 1850 |
| Sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society, in cooperation with the Indiana State Archives, Indiana State Library and Indiana Historical Bureau. This is the first of three teacher sourcebooks that explore Indiana history through the words, images, and ideas of those who settled and built Indiana. Some of the documents presented changed the course of history; others tell the story of pioneers and laborers trying to build a life in the wilderness. Each document is available on the IHS Web site for educators and students to download. The Nineteen’s 19: 1778 to 1850 sourcebook is a companion to Our Documents: A National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service, published in cooperation with The History Channel, National History Day, the National Archives, and the USA Freedom Corps. The Nineteen’s 19 publication features 19 documents that are representative of Hoosier life, culture, politics and economics from the territorial period to 1850. Lesson plans highlighting three of the documents are also included. |
| To order the sourcebook, visit the Basile History Market. |
| Nineteen’s 19: 1778 to 1850 Web resources |
| Nineteen’s 19: 1851 to 1920 sourcebook details |
Indiana
History Video Series
The following four videos from the IHS highlight Indiana’s history
and people.
To order these videos, visit the Basile
History Market:
| Hoosiers All |
| Explores the question: “What does it mean to be a Hoosier?” In addition to the 32-minute video, the kit includes a CD-ROM, a teacher’s guide and two classroom posters. |
| Click here for a preview (Quicktime) |
| Frontier Indiana |
Focuses on Indiana’s growth from 1700 to 1800. The kit includes a 30-minute video, CD-ROM, teacher’s guide and two classroom posters. |
| Click here for a preview (Quicktime) |
| Pioneer Indiana |
| Follow the transformation of Indiana from 1800 to 1850. The kit includes a 45-minute video, CD-ROM, teacher’s guide and two classroom posters. |
| Click here for a preview (Real Media) |
Other IHS Resource Materials
IHS Web Resources
This section is currently under development – check back in
March 2006
These web-based educational resources cover Indiana history topics from
the area’s early exploration to the present day.
Lessons and Planning Ideas
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March 2006
Discover lessons and ideas for further classroom exploration.
Additional Resources
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