Maturation
Fear
War
Chancellorsville: Voices of the Civil War
by the Editors of Time-Life Books
Brother Against Brother
by the Editors of Time-Life Books
When Zachary Beaver
Came to Town
by Kimberly Willis Holt
Stargirl by
Jerry Spinelli
Freedom from Fear
by David M. Kennedy
Informational Texts
The Civil War Extra
by Moehring and Keylin
Functional Texts
Mathew Brady’s Illustrated History
of the Civil War
by Benson J. Lossing
Websites
Red Badge of Courage study guide
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/red_badge_of_courage.pdf
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
Civil War Photo Cards
by Mathew Brady, et al.
Red Badge of Courage “Cliff” notes
http://www.bookrags.com/notes/rbc/SUM.htm
Civil War soldier letters
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/civilwar/
Vietnam War soldier letters
http://grunt.space.swri.edu/letters.htm
Museum of the Confederacy
http://www.moc.org/
African American Civil War Memorial
http://www.afroamcivilwar.org/
CivilWar@Smithsonian
http://www.civilwar.si.edu/
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Picture Books
Peer Pressure
Pink and Say
by Patricia Polacco
The Blue and the Gray
by Eve Bunting
Drummer Boy
by Ann Turner
The Complete Idiot’s Guide
to Surviving Peer Pressure
for Teens
by Cherniss and Sluke
The Chocolate War
by Robert Cormier
Annotated Bibliography
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Dover Thrift Editions, 1990
Peer Pressure
Cherniss, H, Sluke, S. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Surviving Peer Pressure for Teens. New
York: Alpha Books, 2001.
Teacher could pick a chapter or two to read and discuss with students.
Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War. New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf, 1974.
Good to read before or after reading The Red Badge of Courage. Discusses peer pressure theme.
Fear
Kennedy, D. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
(Oxford History of the United States, Vol 9). New York: Oxford University Press,
1999.
A psychological analysis of fear during the Depression and recent wars.
Maturation
Holt, K. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. New York: Dell Yearling, 1999.
Discusses coming of age as well as the themes of peer pressure and acceptance.
Spinelli, J. Stargirl. New York: Random House, 2000.
Similar to previous title, discusses the same topics of maturation, peer pressure, and acceptance.
Websites
African American Civil War Memorial. African American Civil War Memorial. May 25, 2004
<http://www.afroamcivilwar.org/>
Photos, letters, historical documents, and other Civil War memorabilia from the African
American point of view.
American Civil War Collections at the Electronic Text Center. University of Virginia Library.
May 25, 2004 <http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/civilwar/>
Letters from Civil War soldiers, good to compare to letters from Vietnam soldiers.
Bill McBride. Letters from Vietnam. Vietnam Veterans. May 25, 2004
< http://grunt.space.swri.edu/letters.htm>
Letters from Vietnam soldiers, good to compare to letters from Civil War Soldiers.
CivilWar@Smithsonian. National portrait Gallery. May 25, 2004 <http://www.civilwar.si.edu/>
Good supplemental material. A wonderful place to get photos for a PowerPoint presentation.
Museum of the Confederacy. Museum of the Confederacy. May 25, 2004
<http://www.moc.org/>
Photos, letters, historical documents, and other Civil War memorabilia from the Confederate
point of view.
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The Glencoe Literature Library. McGraw-Hill Companies. May 25, 2004
<http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/red_badge_of_courage.pdf>.
A study guide for The Red Badge of Courage.
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Book Notes. BookRags Inc. May 25, 2004
<http://www.bookrags.com/notes/rbc/SUM.htm>.
“Cliff Notes” for The Red Badge of Courage.
Functional Texts
Brady, Mm, et al. Civil War Photo Cards. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1994.
Twenty-four postcards show photos by Mathew Brady, the most famous photographer of the
Civil War.
Moehring, E., Keylin, A., ed. The Civil War Extra: from the pages of The Charleston Mercury
and The New York Times. New York: Arno Press, 1975.
Copies of newspaper articles from the Civil War Era from both Union and Confederate sources.
Informational Texts
Constable, G., Ed. Brother Against Brother: Time-Life Books History of the Civil War. New
York: Time-Life Books, Inc., 1990.
Discusses the difficulties of the Civil War. Has a lot of pictures and additional information.
Good reference book.
Lossing, B., Ed. Mathew Brady’s Illustrated History of the Civil War: 1861-65 and the Causes
that Led up to the Great Conflict. New York: The Fairfax Press, MCMXII.
Using Mathew Brady’s photos to illustrate, Lossing explains the causes of the Civil War.
Time-Life Books, Ed. Voices of the Civil War: Chancelorsville. Alexandria, 1996.
Covers the battle of Chancelorsville, which is the setting for The Red Badge of Courage. Has
maps and photos.
Picture Books
Turner, A. Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War. New York: Harper Collins Publishers,
1998.
Good anticipatory set. Tells the story of a young boy who joins the war as a drummer and
introduces the topic of fear.
Bunting, E. The Blue and the Gray. New York: Scholastic Press, 1996.
Good anticipatory set. Written in poetry. Two present-day boys “look” back in history at the
Civil War.
Polacco, P. Pink and Say. New York: Philomel Books, 1994.
Excellent for an entire lesson. Very touching, true story of two Union soldiers during the Civil
War. Discusses the themes of maturation and fear.
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