Cool+Websites

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This is the ﻿ official home of the History Channel. Here you can find information on a multitude of subjects. You can take quizzes, read fun facts, and view videos about most topics throughout the history of the world. The Civil War link provides videos about President Lincoln, the soldiers, and turning points.

This website focuses on the abolitionist movement and the newspaper “The Liberator” run by William Lloyd Garrison between 1831 and 1865. Here you can learn about the name and the movement through is letters and actual exerpts from the original publications!

This is a page for EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS. You can hear about significant events from the people who lived them!!! These summaries come from some famous sources, like Robert E. Lee, and regular people who were there. If you want to know what it was like, these people can tell you.

National Geographic runs this voyage through the Underground Railroad. It allows you to make decisions about what you would do in a situation, much like a “choose your own adventure” story. You can meet interesting figures along the way, a learn more about what it was like to be a slave on the run.



This resource is a comprehensive timeline from late 1960 to the end of 1865. It gives dates, and offers links to

better explain the events and people involved.

This website is a resource that brings history to life. It has an interactive battle map, a discussion forum, and primary sources. It also offers a section for battles, weapons, people, and slavery.

This website has a multitude of materials including documents, letters, official records, a census from 1860, and even geneology!

This site is run by the Civil War Trust, a non-profit organization that preserves historic battlefields. It specializes in battlefields providing pictures, summaries, and statistics. The site also offers biographies and primary sources.

T he website features short biographies of some of the most important female figures of the Civil War. The site also offers book ideas for young adults to further learning.

This link takes you to the Emancipation Proclamation. The National Archives produced this page which shows the actual text of the Proclamation, and shows photographs of the real document. It also provides the preliminary version, an article about the significance of the Proclamation, and an auditory interview of a former slave describing how it changed slavery.