GENERAL INFORMATION
Paula Crawford
Jackson Middle School
Kent State University
Civil War
Eighth Grade
Social Studies/Language Arts
Specific Topic: Women of the South

CONTENT INFORMATION:

Summary:

Listed are print, non-print and electronic resources for the study of the southern lifestyle prior, during and after the Civil War. The resources are for student and/or teacher use in the media center or classroom for planning units, research and projects.

Dewey Numbers:
301.44, 305.4, 641.59, 641.5973, 973.5, 973.7, 975.03, 973.782, B, 920.

Subject Headings:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps--Juvenile literature.
Cookery, American
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources--Juvenile literature.
United States--Social life and customs--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--1861-1865.
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Social aspects.
Confederate States of America--Social life and customs
Women--United States--History--1800-1899 (19th century)
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Women.

CONTENT CATEGORIES:

Non-fiction

Amer. Heritage picture history of the Civil War. American Heritage Publishing Co.
Civil War recipes: receipts from the pages of Godeybs ladybs book. University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
Voices from the Civil War: a documentary history of the great Americanb& Crowell, 1989.
Arnold, James. Life goes on: the Civil War at home, 1861-1865. Lerner Publications, 2002.
Blay, John S. After the Civil War; a pictorial profile of America from 1865 to 19b& Crowell, 1960.
Buchanan, Lamont. A pictorial history of the Confederacy. Crown, 1951.
Chang, Ina. A separate battle: women and the Civil War. Lodestar Books, 1991.
Damon, Duane. Growing up in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Lerner Publications, 2003.
Davis, Burke. The Civil War, strange & fascinating facts. Fairfax Press, 1982.
Davis, Kenneth. Donbt know much about the Civil War: everything... William Morrow, 1996.
Dolan, Edward F. The American Civil War; a house divided. Millbrook Press, 1997.
Dosier, Susan. Civil War cooking: the Confederacy. Blue Earth, 2000.
English, June A. Scholastic encyclopedia of the United States at war. Scholastic Reference, 1998.
Gay, Kathlyn. Civil War. Twenty-First Century Books, 1995.
Goldston, Robert C. The coming of the Civil War. Macmillan, 1972.
Isaacs, Sally Senzell. Amer in the time of Susan B. Anthony,1845-1928. Heinemann Library, 2000.
Katz, William Loren. An album of the Civil War. Franklin Watts, 1974.
Katz, William Loren. The Civil War to the last frontier, 1850-1880s. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1993.
King, David C. Civil War days: discover the past with exciting projects, gamesb& Wiley, 1999.
Mary Chesnutbs Civil War. Yale University Press, 1981.
McKissack, Pat. Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters. Scholastic, 1994.
McPherson, James M. Images of the Civil War. Crown, 1992.
Narda, Don. The Civil War. Lucent Books, 2003.
Reger, James P. Life in the South during the Civil War. Lucent, 1997.
Sandler, Martin W. The way we lived: a photographic record of work. Little, Brown, 1977.
Stanchak, John E. Civil War. Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 2000.
Stefoff, Rebecca. The Civil War, 1861-1863. Benchmark Books, 2002.
Stefoff, Rebecca. The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1863-1877. Benchmark Books, 2003.
Toynton, Evelyn. Growing up in America, 1830-1860. Millbrook Press, 1995.
Varhola, Michael. Everyday life during the Civil War. Writerbs Digest Books, 1999.
Zeinert, Karen. Those courageous women of the Civil War. Millbrook Press, 1998.
Biography:

De Leeuw,Adeiele. Civil War nurse, Mary Ann Bickerdyke. J. Messner, 1973.
Reit, Seymour. Behind rebel lines. Harcourt Brace Jovnovich, 1988.
Pace, Mildred Mastin. Clara Barton. Scribner, 1941.
Hoehling, Mary (Duprey). Girl soldier and spy: Sarah Emma Edmundson. Messner, 1959.

Reference Books:

Catton, Bruce. Bruce Cattonbs Civil War: three volumes in one. Fairfax Press, 1984.
Sifakis, Stewart. Who was who in the Civil War. Facts on File, 1987.
Illus. Atlas of the Civil War. Time-Life Books, 1998.
Catton, Bruce. American heritage new history of the Civil War. Viking, 1996.
Clinton, Catherine. Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Civil War. Scholastic Reference, 1999.
Hillstrom, Kevin. American Civil War. Almanac. UXL, 2000.
Hillstrom, Kevin. American Civil War. Biographies. Vol. 1, A-K. UXL, 2000.
Hillstrom, Kevin. American Civil War. Biographies. Vol. 2 L-Z. UXL, 2000.
Miller, William . An Illustrated History of the Civil War. Time-Life Books, 2000.
Roth, David E. The Civil War, 1861-1865. Zigzag Publishing, 1998.
Stanchak, John E. Visual dictionary of the Civil War. Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2000.

Professional Resources:

School Library Media Activities Monthly: May 1999 (503650)Social Studies: Southern Life and the Civil War [lesson plan],(Grades 5-7). Students complete four projects, pass a combination oral and written test on Southern life during the Civil War and the causes and effects of the war

Web Sites:

Before Brother Fought Brother: Womenbs Life Before the Civil War. http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?is=487
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877. The Learning Page. Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/civilwar.html
Civil War Leaders.
http://civilwar.si.edu/leaders_thumbnails.html
Civil War Women; on-line archival collections.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
Women of the American Civil War.
http://americancivilwar.com/women/women.html
Civil War Women; primary sources on the Internet.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html
The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865. Home Life.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/homelife.html

INFOhio Electronic Resources:

American Memory
Annals of American History
Discoverer
Middle Search Plus
American National Biography

Selected Articles From INFOhio Electronic Resources:

Discoverer
VOICES OF YOUTH
April/May 1994, p. 14 WOMEN IN THE CIVIL WAR.
by Lauren Cuprill

Discoverer
A HOUSE DIVIDED: AMERICA IN THE AGE OF LINCOLN
1992, p. 158 MARY RICE LIVERMORE (1820-1905).
by D. Lynn McRainey

Discoverer
READ
March 19, 1999, pp. 14-17 Reprinted by permission from Weekly Reader Corporation. Copyright (c) 1999 by Weekly Reader Corporation. YOUNG VOICES OF WAR What Did It Mean to Be a Teenager During the War Between the States?

EBSCO Middle Search Plus
Hanson, Victor Davis. Shermanbs war. American Heritage; Nov 99, Vol. 50.

EBSCO Middle Search Plus
Derreck, Tom. Soldier Girl: The Emma Edmonds Story. Beaver; Aug/Sep 2002, Vol. 82.

EBSCO Middle Search Plus
McGraw, Eliza. A Rebel To The Core. American History; Jun 2003, Vol. 38.

EBSCO Middle Search Plus
Curry, Andrew & Benrup, Nancy. Civil War Sleuths. U.S. News & World Report; 1/27/03, Vol. 134.

Media Resources:

American Civil War, [videorecording]. Teacherbs Video Quiz, 2001.
The Civil War, [videorecording]. Schlessinger Video, 1996.
The Civil War, [videorecording]. PBS Video, 1990.
The Civil War, [videodisc] New Learning Project, 1994.
War letters, [videorecording]. SCA, 2001.