HarpWeek: Explore History

Sites Supporting Specific Standards of Learning

Informative Websites

The End of Slavery: The Creation of the 13th Amendment

Educational Lessons

1862: Antietam vs. Gettysburg

1864: The Election of 1864

1865: The Reconstruction Convention (Simulation Game)

1867: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (Simulation Game)

1868 - 1871: The Ku Klux Klan Hearings (Simulation Game)

Cartoons

	Informative Websites

	Cartoon of the Day Library of Congress Political Prints and Cartoons, 1766 - 1876 Presidential Elections: 1860 - 1912 Cartoonist Thomas Nast vs. Candidate Horace Greeley: The Election of 1872

The Civil War and Reconstruction

	Informative Websites

	A Sampler of Civil War Literature Arkansas in the Civil War Towards Racial Equality: Harper's Weekly on Black America, 1857 - 1874 The End of Slavery: The Creation of the 13th Amendment Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection: The Creation of the 14th Amendment Black Voting Rights: The Creation of the 15th Amendment Finding Precedent: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Hayes vs. Tilden: The Electoral College Controversy of 1876 - 1877

	Simulation Games

	The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson The Civil War Illustrations Activity: Why Did the North Win the Civil War? The Reconstruction Convention The Ku Klux Klan Hearings

	Activities

	Lincoln's Campaign Manager: A Contest Senate Investigating Committee on Fort Sumter Antietam vs. Gettysburg The Emancipation Proclamation Activity The Election of 1864

The Making of Modern America

	Informative Websites

	Presidential Elections: 1860 - 1912 Exploration and Settlement of the American West The Chinese-American Experience: 1857 - 1892 Coffin Nails: The Tobacco Controversy in the 19th Century Business Machines, 1857 - 1912 Russian-American Relations: 1863 - 1905 19th Century Advertising