Teaching the Civil War with Technology

Here are a few links that I added to the wiki recently:

Under Resources:

• Added links under the section on Underground Railroad / Slavery
• Added a link to the Tillie Pierce book under Primary Sources
• Added several links under the Other Sites of Interest Section

Under Curriculum

• Added a bunch of links under Lesson Plans, Supplements and Miscellaneous

Under Famous People

• Added more links for Abraham Lincoln
• Added links for Clara Barton websites
• Added Section and link for Harriet Tubman

Under Videos

• Embedded a video from SchoolTube about bringing the Civil War to life.

Feel free to request to join my wiki and add your own links or suggest a link via a comment.

Until next time…

Posted under Site Updates

Here are a few links that I added to the wiki recently:

Under Resources:

• Added links under the section on Slavery
• Added a link to the Civil War Resources at VMI under Primary Sources.

Under Curriculum

• Added a bunch of links under Webquests & Lesson Plans

Under Famous People

• Added more links for Abraham Lincoln
• Added links for Clara Barton websites
• Added Section and link for Harriet Tubman

Feel free to request to join my wiki and add your own links or suggest a link via a comment.

Until next time…

Posted under Site Updates

Below is the official email from Duquesne University announcing my successful defense of my dissertation.  Results post coming soon.

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Good Afternoon,

Congratulations to Dr. James Beeghley of EdDIT 2 Cohort on his successful dissertation defense on Monday, October 13, 2008.  James’s dissertation topic is

“AN EXAMINATION OF THE USE OF DIGITAL HISTORICAL RESOURCES FOR THE TEACHING OF THE CIVIL WAR IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS”

Dr. Joseph Kush served as James’s dissertation chair and Dr. Mary Anne Battaglia and Dr. William Gibbs served on his committee.

Posted under Miscellaneous