FREE Gr 4-8 An Inside Look at the Civil War: Using Primary Sources to Increase Understanding

America in the Civil War—a time of conflict, strife, and worry. What would it have been like to participate in that struggle? To march as an infantryman? To ride in the cavalry? To use artillery on the battlefield? To build an ironclad? To attack a rail line? What can we learn about this period of history by reading from artifacts used during it and hearing directly from the people and seeing the places that experienced it? You can find answers to these questions and more as you join us live from Oakville High School with members of their History Club who have researched the primary sources they’ll share with you during the program. Read from an artillery manual, hear a poem written by a cavalryman, learn from letters and images of the time. 

In advance of the program you will receive copies of primary sources that will be used during the show along with some worksheets designed to get your students thinking about these sources and what they seem to tell them about participating in the War. Our focus in this program will not be exploring all the historic details of the Civil War, but it will be to provide students the opportunity to think like an historian as they go back in time through the wonder of primary sources. Students will have the opportunity to ask the History Club students questions about the documents and their research process as well as interact with Civil War experts on the topics related to those documents. 

PLEASE NOTE: The morning program and afternoon program will explore different areas of life during the Civil War. The morning program will use primary sources to tell us more about life as an infantryman, cavalryman and member of the artillery. The afternoon program will look into the importance of rivers and rail lines on the war as we explore a Missouri battle focused on an important rail line and learn about James Eads and his work on ironclads. We invite you to join us and bring history to life!

How To View the Program: 
People can join the program live in any of three ways:

1. Via videconference--We have interactive and view only videoconference slots available for student groups to join the program. Groups interested in connecting this way will need a videoconference unit at their facility, and we would need to test your connection with our bridge at MOREnet ahead of the program using the IP address you'd use to connect on the program day. Interactive slots get face to face question and answer time with the program guests; view only slots can e-mail questions and comments during the program to live@hectv.org. These slots are limited so early enrollment is highly recommended. For videoconference participation, we must have you enrolled no later than January 20. Contact us at live@hectv.org. 

2. Via Internet--All our HEC-TV Live! programs are streamed live via the station website, http://www.hectv.org, on the program day. For our programs focused on the Holocaust at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on January 27 just go to our home page at the program time and the program will run on that page. Since many schools limit streaming video through their firewalls, we recommend testing your ability to view the stream prior to the program by watching one of HEC-TV’s archived programs at http://www.hectv.org. We also recommend viewing the program live on one computer only and connecting that computer to a television or digital projector for classroom viewing. Viewers can e-mail their questions and comments during the program to us at live@hectv.org. To receive curriculum materials designed to help you prepare your students for the program, just e-mail us prior to the program at live@hectv.org.

3. Via Television--All our programs are available in the St. Louis metropolitan area on HEC-TV, Charter Communications digital channels 989 or 118-26. All our programs can also be seen on AT&T’s U-Verse channel 99. Students viewing in this way can e-mail their questions during the program to live@hectv.org. To view the show live on the program day, just turn on your TV to the appropriate channel.

For Internet and TV viewing, there is no enrollment deadline date. We would appreciate knowing the time of the program you are watching and the grade level and amount of students involved so we can forward that information to our program partners. Such information is extremely helpful in securing funding for more free, interactive, educational programs in the future. To let us know you’re viewing the program or to answer any additional questions about the program, please contact us at live@hectv.org. 

Archival Viewing: 

Can’t join us live? No problem! All HEC-TV Live! programs are archived on the station website, http://www.hectv.org and on the HEC-TV page on iTunesU for on-demand viewing at any time. Archives are usually up and running about a week after the program's original air date.

Program Date	Program Time	Network Time	Registration Deadline
All times below are displayed in Eastern Standard Time, as specified in your profile.
3/8/2012	11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	10:30 AM - 12:15 PM	03/01/2012
3/8/2012	2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	1:30 PM - 3:15 PM	03/01/2012

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