http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To Book "The River Between Us"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2599http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=2599<p>This teacher's resource&nbsp;challenges students to think about the Lincoln-Keckley as an object that has multiple symbolic meanings. It includes a preliminary activity intended to introduce students to doing history with objects and 3 lesson plans focused on the multiple meanings of the dress, the evolving role of the first lady and the advent of mass media. Also included are annotated links to other online resources that are related to slavery, abolition, gender and consumption in the mid-nineteenth century.</p> <p>This activity is included in&nbsp;<em>The Object of History,&nbsp;</em>a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and George Mason University's Center for History and New Media.</p>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:25:35 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=3232http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=3232<p>Women served in the Civil War as nurses, spies, and vivandieres. Explore these stories with students through a video clip and close examination of two dresses and a woman's uniform.This lesson plan (which includes background information, guided analysis questions, and full-color primary sources) was produced to accompany the exhibition <em>The Price of Freedom: Americans at War</em>, by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.</p>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:17:07 GMT