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1 Civil War and African American Motivators Multi-Media Text Set This is an incomplete list of highly recommended resources related to the Civil War and African American Motivators. We envision that you will use this list as a resource to add to the collection of materials you already have at your fingertips. We included websites as one kind of resource as they are free and easily accessible. Short texts are another kind of resource we’ve included. You can find some of these short texts available for download on The Treasure Chest. Websites: Websites Website Description http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/douglass/ aa_douglass_escape_1.html Douglass's Escape from Slavery http://postalmuseum.si.edu/letterwriting/lw04.html National Postal Museum: Letter Writing in America During Civil War http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ civilwar.htm Explanation of the causes of war; includes glossary and timeline http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war Resource to adapt articles for students http://www.ushistory.com/teachers.htm Stories from American History on Music Videos Short Texts: Title Author Source A Solider's Letter Home from WWII-"The Perilous Fight" Public Broadcasting System Home Programming Texts & Lessons for Content Area Reading by Harvey Daniels, pg. 163 All Aboard the Underground Railroad adapted by Spencer Crew. Toolkit Texts selected by Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis Grades 6-7 Inalienable Rights adapted by Leigh Anderson Toolkit Texts selected by Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis Grades 6-7 The Freedom to Learn adapted by James Marten Toolkit Texts selected by Stephanie Harvey & Anne Grades 6-7 Teachers College Reading and Writing Project DRAFT Level/Other 1-6-2012 2 Goudvis Stealing Freedom on the Underground Railroad Toolkit Texts selected by Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis (various selections) Cobblestone - 1861 A Year in the Civil War issue (various selections) Calligraphy (various selections) Scope Grades 6-7 Lincoln’s America Turning Points: Gettysburg and Vicksburg Was Life Different for a Confederate Soldier? What’s Life Like in the Union Army? (various) Kids Discover “Slavery in the New World” Civil War (Kids Discover) Teacher Created Materials #12129 “Photo by Brady” Daniel Spinella Cobblestone - Click! Photos That Made History issue, p. 5 “The Men Behind the Man” Daniel Spinella Cobblestone - Click! Photos That Made History issue, p. 7 Underground Railroad Kids Discover ...If You Traveled the Underground Railroad Before the Civil War (! 861-65) Boys’ Life Boys’ Life (2002) What did it mean to be a Teachers College Reading and Writing Project DRAFT 1-6-2012 3 slave? AND Why would you run away? Separate Schools for Children The Bus Boycott Leading the People Some Don’t Change A Sit-In Untitled (“In 1946, a black World War II veteran...”) Civil Rights Kids Discover Kids Discover Kids Discover Kids Discover Introduction (Segregation laws were the products of prejudice...) Jackie Robinson Edward Porter Alexander Harriet Tubman Jefferson Davis The Confederacy and After The Columbia Encyclopedia Poetry: Title Author We Troubled the Waters Ntozake Shange (various poems) Lee Bennet Hopkins Many Thousands Gone Virginia Hamilton Under the Quilt of Night Deborah Hopkinson and Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Source DRAFT Other America at War anthology N 1-6-2012 4 James E. Ransome A Nation's Hope Matt De La Pena The Brothers' War: Civil War J. Patrick Lewis Voices in Verse (various poems) Paul Negri (Editor) Nettie’s Trip South Ann Turner Civil War Poetry (Dover Thrift Editions) YA Drama (Songs, plays, etc.): Title Type (Song, play, etc.) Our Abe Lincoln adapted by Jim Aylesworth Play Red Badge of Courage Dramatic scene by Liberty Play Teacher TubeDramatization of the civil war Play (various plays) Play Read-Aloud Plays: Civil War (Grades 4-8) by Timothy Nolan Causes of the Civil War: Expanding and Preserving the Union by Wendy Conklin Play Building Fluency Through Reader's Theater Civil War Hero of Marye? s Heights: Expanding and Preserving the Union by Debra J. Housel Play Building Fluency Through Reader's Theater (varoius plays) Play Readers' Theater Grd 5 & up by Robert W. Smith North and South Political Cartoon Teachers College Reading and Writing Project DRAFT Source 1-6-2012 5 Cooperation Political Cartoon Vanity Fair (1862) Doctor Lincoln’s New Elixir of Life - For the Southern States Political Cartoon New York Illustrated News (1862) The Battle Cry of Freedom - Southern Version George F. Root The Battle Cry of Freedom - Northern Version George F. Root Expository Nonfiction: Title Author Level Times and Conflicts of the Civil war Pierce R If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America Anne Kamma Q If You Lived At the Time of the Civil War Anne Kamma Q Life During the Civil War Sarah Sheffeld The Life of Abraham Lincoln Kate Harvey Lincoln: A Photobiography Russel Friedman Hold the Flag High Catherine Clinton The Lincoln Memorial Kristin L Nelson Blue or Gray? A Family Divided (National Geographic Reading Expeditions) Kate Connell Reconstructing America, 1865-1890 Joy Hakim A Three-Minute Speech: Lincoln's Remarks at Gettysburg Jennifer Armstrong War, Terrible War, 1855-1965 Joy Hakim Teachers College Reading and Writing Project DRAFT V P W W 1-6-2012 6 Narrative Nonfiction: Title Author Finding Lincoln Ann Malaspina Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-Discoverer of the North Pole Deborah Hopkinson Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary Elizabeth Partridge The Yankee at the Seder Elka Weber Slavery: Real People and Their Stories of Enslavement Reg Grant Jackie’s Gift Sharon Robinson Good brother/Bad brother James Cross Gibbons P Secrets of a Civil War Anne Freemen N Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriett Beecher Stowe Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln Jean Fritz Abe Lincoln's Hat M. Brenner Dadblamed Union Army Cow Susan Fletcher Silent Witness Robin Friedman Abe's Honest Words Doreen Rappaport You Wouldn't Want to Be a Civil War Soldier David Antram R To Be a Slave Julius Lester Z Freedom's Wings, Corey's Underground Railroad Diary Sharon Dennis Wyeth P Under the Quilt of Night Deborah Hopkinson P Building a New Land James Haskins & Kathleen Benson Teachers College Reading and Writing Project DRAFT Level M 1-6-2012 7 Hybrid Nonfiction: Title Author Level Behind the Blue and The Grey Delia Grey O Fields of Fury James Madison S Title Author Level Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal Vaunda Micheaux Nelson My Name is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom Afua Cooper Open the Door to Liberty Anne Rockwell Nelson Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom Abridged Chris van Wyk Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice Phillip Hoose Henry Aaron’s Dream Matt Tavares A Story of Freedom Henry Bilab S A Strong Arm Michelle Y Green T Who Was Harriet Tubman? McDonough, Yona Zeldis R Harriet Tubman: The Path to Freedom Hameray Publishing M Frederick Douglas C. Welch Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Ann Petry Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Janet Halfmann Kids Discover Magazine- Civil War Kids Discover Magazine- Underground Railroad Biographies: Teachers College Reading and Writing Project DRAFT 1-6-2012 8 Story Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy Seymour Reit Historical Fiction: Title Author January's Sparrow Patricia Polacco The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg Rodman Phillbrick The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg Rodman Phillbrick Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker: The Unlikely Friendship of Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Todd Lincoln Lynda Jones A Savage Thunder: Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom Jim Murphy The Blue and The Gray Eve Bunting L Follow the Drinking Gourd Jeanette Winter M Freedom School, Yes! Amy Littlesugar O Nettie's Trip South Ann Turner O The Lucky Stone Lucille Clifton P Freedom Crossing M. Goff Clark R Ajeemah and His Son James Berry S The Gold Cadillac Mildred Taylor S I thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly Joyce Hansen S Pink and Say Patricia Polacco S Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Deborah Hopkinson S Dear Austin Elvira Woodruff T Teachers College Reading and Writing Project DRAFT Level 1-6-2012 9 A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 Karen Hesse T A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 Patricia McKissack T When Will This Cruel War Be Over? Barry Denenberg T Which Way Freedom? Joyce Hansen T How I Found the Strong: A Civil War Story Margaret McMullan U Stealing Freedom Elisa Carbone U Soldier's Heart Gary Paulsen V Moon Over Tennessse: A Boy's Civil War Journal Craig Crist-Evans W Nightjohn Gary Paulsen W Sarny: A Life Remembered Gary Paulsen W Letters from a Slave Boy Mary E. Lyons X Letters from a Slave Girl Mary E. Lyons X Bull Run Paul Fleischman Y With Every Drop of Blood J.L. Collier and C. Collier Y Across Five APrils Irene Hunt Z The Land Mildred D. Taylor Z Little Woman Louisa May Alcott Z Joe Louis My Champion William Miller Under the Quilt of Night D. Hopkinson The Glory Field Walter Dean Meyers X Copper Sun Sharon Draper Z A Wish After Midnight Zetta Elliott YA Cecil’s Story George Ella Lyon Teachers College Reading and Writing Project DRAFT 1-6-2012 10 Drummer Boy Ann Warren Turner Abraham Lincoln Comes Home Robert Burleigh Charley Skeddadle Toni Albert Teachers College Reading and Writing Project DRAFT 1-6-2012