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REVIEW:
This site was developed to accompany the PBS film of the same name
but the resources are extensive and can be used independently. There
is a description of the film, a transcript and excerpts from Grant’s
Memoirs as well as a list of books for further reading. Broadband
Grant takes you on an interactive tour, “In His Shoes”,
of Grant’s life as a youngster, and lets students compare
their own lives to that of frontier life; or walk the battlefield
of Shiloh in his boots and make the decisions; or make your own
production decisions, in visual, audio, and editorial labs. The
gallery offers political cartoons that span his military and political
careers and express a range of opinions about Grant and the issues
of the time. Visitors can also learn about westward expansion, the
Mexican-American War, slavery, abolition, race relations, Reconstruction,
black suffrage, Black Friday, the Panic of 1873, the dispted election
of 1876 and much more. The teacher’s guide provides activities
for civics, history, economics and geography as well as helpful
hints for completing the activities. |
December
2004
