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Teaching the Civil War With Technology

Jim Beeghley runs what he describes as " Curriculum integration strategies and ideas for incorporating technology into the teaching of the American Civil War." The object is to both point out online sources of Civil War information to classroom teachers, and bring them up to speed on how to use them without begging for aid from their more web-savvy students.

This Mighty Scourge    (NEW)

Mike Noirot runs a blog which is slightly out of the ordinary--it actually focuses on the Civil War! Itself! As in, discussions of battles, regiments, companies, down to the level of individual soldiers. A companion blog to another site he runs, this is one of the newer blogs on our list, evidently starting in January 2009. Also featured are book reviews and interviews with the authors. This is based on a WordPress template and requires registering with WP in order to comment. A walk-through of the procedure is given in the right sidebar under the link "How To Post" in the heading "Pages."

To the Sound of the Guns

Craig Swain runs a site so good we wish the expression "absolutely unique" weren't so ungrammatical. Historical plaques are celebrated when installed, then often forgotten. Craig (and helpers) are devoted to keeping them remembered and usable by all of us everywhere here at our computers. This is an extension of his "HMdb.com" project, apparently "Historical Markers Database", so includes items besides the Civil War. It's all history, it's all good.

TOCWOC

Brett Schulte is the primary operator of this site, whose name is not really an ancient Indian word but in fact stands for "The Order of Civil War Obsessively Compulsed." Originally set up as a group blog they have had a variety of posters come and go. Fred Ray has the most historically oriented posts, Brett covers books and games by and large, and occasional poster Jim Lamason has a concentration on New Jersey and its role in the war.

Wig-Wags

Rene Tyree's site is named, of course, for the signal flags used for daylight communication across long distances in the days before radio communication was available. Currently a student of military history, the blog often focuses on whatever the classroom topic of the day might be. Some awesome erudition here with coverage of important figures in military theory from a wide range of countries and periods.

All Blogs listed within this section are entitled to display the Civil War Interactive Blog Award. Simply copy the graphic above and size it to your needs, then link it to CWi!

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