History Resources

The "Lost Cause"

Video

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Divided Hearts: Britain and the American Civil War

Video

Government and Civics, World History

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Video

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

Lincoln and Emancipation: Black Enfranchisement in 1863 Louisiana

Essay

Richard J. Carwardine

Government and Civics

Inside the Vault: Abraham Lincoln

Video

Government and Civics

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Slave Patrol Contract, 1856

Spotlight on: Primary Source

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Bartolomé de Las Casas debates the subjugation of the Indians, 1550

Spotlight on: Primary Source

Art

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Lemuel Haynes, Young African American Patriot of the 1770s

Essay

John Saillant

Literature, Religion and Philosophy

The Emancipation Proclamation: Bill of Lading or Ticket to Freedom?

Essay

Allen C. Guelzo

Economics, Government and Civics

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Riddles of "Confederate Emancipation"

Essay

Bruce Levine

Economics, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+