The Red Badge of Courage Pathfinder:
Databases:
Infotrac ~ Civil War Overview
Bloom's Literature: This database provides information, which will help you understand Realism and Romanticism, and the importance of the novel, The Red Badge of Courage, to American Literature and the Realism movement. In addition, Bloom's Literature database will help you understand the topics and themes, background information, and includes literary criticism of the novel.
Websites:
Gettysburg Museum of History ~ Civil War
Library of Congress ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ Civil War
Library of Congress ~ Letters, Speeches, etc. from the Civil War Era
LIbrary of Congress ~ Historic Newspapers from 1863
Lit2Go ~ The Civil War "One hundred fifty years ago, the American Civil War divided families, neighbors, and states. This collection brings together fiction and non-fiction writings from the Lit2Go library that help illuminate the issues and context of the Civil War."
National Parks Service ~ Civil War Collections
National Parks Services ~ Stories ~ "The Civil War touched every person and influenced every institution more profoundly than any other event in American history. Over half a million young Americans gave their lives fighting for or against the effort by Southern states to secede from the Union and preserve a society based on slave labor. Not only were civilians deeply scarred by the war, but no aspect of society, economy, or political system was spared. " Learn about the causes, Emancipation and the Quest for Freedom,
Ethnicity, Race, and the Military, Women amidst War, The Civilian Experience, Industry and Economics, The Ordeal of the Border states, and Consequences.
Vermont - 1850 - County Boundaries Map ~ "This map by Lewis Robinson shows Vermont's county boundaries in 1850. The census records on this site list towns by current counties and current names. For example, the census numbers from Kellyvale are counted as the town of Lowell because the name was changed in 1831. Cabot is included in Washington County records, even though it was in Caledonia County through the 1850 census."
Vermont Historical Society - Civil War Online Resources ~ This includes "The Vermont History Explorer website, (which) is full of information about Vermont history. It has over 200 articles about Vermont history that can be read online, printed, or projected on a screen. It is also a great place to find primary sources like photographs and historic documents," and The Green Mountain Chronicles, which "is a series of 52 five-minute radio programs created by the Vermont Historical Society between 1987 and 1988. They were broadcast by commercial and public radio stations throughout the state in late 1988 and early 1989. The radio series tells the history of Vermont in the twentieth century using archival sound recordings and oral history interviews."
Vermonters in the Civil War ~ Letters ~ "Vermont soldiers in the Civil War wrote an enormous quantity of letters and diaries, of which many thousands have survived in libraries, historical societies, and in private hands. This collection represents a selection of letters and diaries from the University of Vermont and the Vermont Historical Society." Time Period Covered: January 1, 1861 - February 28, 1864.
Vermont Civil War Officer's Gallery ~ Photographs
eBooks: Lit2Go ~ The Civil War
Books:
Speeches and writings, 1859-1865 : speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings, presidential messages and proclamations
Series title: The Library of America 46
Author: Lincoln, Abraham
Abraham Lincoln and the Union : a chronicle of the embattled North.
Series title: The Yale Chronicles of America series. v. 29
Author: Stephenson, Nathaniel Wright
Digital Notetaking:
Evernote Note Taking Tool
Venn Diagram tool by ReadWriteThink
Digital Project Presentation Resources:
Animoto ~ Create great videos ~ easily
Google Slides ~ Create collaborative presentations
Prezi ~ Online Presentation tool
Smore ~ Create interactive - online posters
Thing link ~ Create interactive posters, maps, and infographics
Voice thread ~ collaborative presentation tool
WeVideo ~ Tell the next story with this tool
WordPress ~ Create your next website with WordPress
Notetaking and the Synthesis of Information:
Evernote Note Taking Tool
Mind Mapping Research Ideas Video by UCLA
Mind Mapping by Digital Trends
Venn Diagram tool by ReadWriteThink
Learn How to Evaluate Web Sites and Cite Your Sources!
Cornell University
Information from John Hopkins University
The above webpages contain critical information for understanding the criteria necessary, to evaluate web pages and or sites! Please review this information before you begin your research!
Perdue Owl:
This is an excellent, scholarly, authoritative web site to learn how to cite your sources properly. The site is easy to use and understand. There are video links to learn how to cite properly and tabs located to the left of the web page, which link the user to detailed information on a particular subject of interest.
Databases:
Infotrac ~ Civil War Overview
Bloom's Literature: This database provides information, which will help you understand Realism and Romanticism, and the importance of the novel, The Red Badge of Courage, to American Literature and the Realism movement. In addition, Bloom's Literature database will help you understand the topics and themes, background information, and includes literary criticism of the novel.
Websites:
Gettysburg Museum of History ~ Civil War
Library of Congress ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ Civil War
Library of Congress ~ Letters, Speeches, etc. from the Civil War Era
LIbrary of Congress ~ Historic Newspapers from 1863
Lit2Go ~ The Civil War "One hundred fifty years ago, the American Civil War divided families, neighbors, and states. This collection brings together fiction and non-fiction writings from the Lit2Go library that help illuminate the issues and context of the Civil War."
National Parks Service ~ Civil War Collections
National Parks Services ~ Stories ~ "The Civil War touched every person and influenced every institution more profoundly than any other event in American history. Over half a million young Americans gave their lives fighting for or against the effort by Southern states to secede from the Union and preserve a society based on slave labor. Not only were civilians deeply scarred by the war, but no aspect of society, economy, or political system was spared. " Learn about the causes, Emancipation and the Quest for Freedom,
Ethnicity, Race, and the Military, Women amidst War, The Civilian Experience, Industry and Economics, The Ordeal of the Border states, and Consequences.
Vermont - 1850 - County Boundaries Map ~ "This map by Lewis Robinson shows Vermont's county boundaries in 1850. The census records on this site list towns by current counties and current names. For example, the census numbers from Kellyvale are counted as the town of Lowell because the name was changed in 1831. Cabot is included in Washington County records, even though it was in Caledonia County through the 1850 census."
Vermont Historical Society - Civil War Online Resources ~ This includes "The Vermont History Explorer website, (which) is full of information about Vermont history. It has over 200 articles about Vermont history that can be read online, printed, or projected on a screen. It is also a great place to find primary sources like photographs and historic documents," and The Green Mountain Chronicles, which "is a series of 52 five-minute radio programs created by the Vermont Historical Society between 1987 and 1988. They were broadcast by commercial and public radio stations throughout the state in late 1988 and early 1989. The radio series tells the history of Vermont in the twentieth century using archival sound recordings and oral history interviews."
Vermonters in the Civil War ~ Letters ~ "Vermont soldiers in the Civil War wrote an enormous quantity of letters and diaries, of which many thousands have survived in libraries, historical societies, and in private hands. This collection represents a selection of letters and diaries from the University of Vermont and the Vermont Historical Society." Time Period Covered: January 1, 1861 - February 28, 1864.
Vermont Civil War Officer's Gallery ~ Photographs
eBooks: Lit2Go ~ The Civil War
Books:
Speeches and writings, 1859-1865 : speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings, presidential messages and proclamations
Series title: The Library of America 46
Author: Lincoln, Abraham
Abraham Lincoln and the Union : a chronicle of the embattled North.
Series title: The Yale Chronicles of America series. v. 29
Author: Stephenson, Nathaniel Wright
Digital Notetaking:
Evernote Note Taking Tool
Venn Diagram tool by ReadWriteThink
Digital Project Presentation Resources:
Animoto ~ Create great videos ~ easily
Google Slides ~ Create collaborative presentations
Prezi ~ Online Presentation tool
Smore ~ Create interactive - online posters
Thing link ~ Create interactive posters, maps, and infographics
Voice thread ~ collaborative presentation tool
WeVideo ~ Tell the next story with this tool
WordPress ~ Create your next website with WordPress
Notetaking and the Synthesis of Information:
Evernote Note Taking Tool
Mind Mapping Research Ideas Video by UCLA
Mind Mapping by Digital Trends
Venn Diagram tool by ReadWriteThink
Learn How to Evaluate Web Sites and Cite Your Sources!
Cornell University
Information from John Hopkins University
The above webpages contain critical information for understanding the criteria necessary, to evaluate web pages and or sites! Please review this information before you begin your research!
Perdue Owl:
This is an excellent, scholarly, authoritative web site to learn how to cite your sources properly. The site is easy to use and understand. There are video links to learn how to cite properly and tabs located to the left of the web page, which link the user to detailed information on a particular subject of interest.