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Gettysburg

Grades: Middle & High School

Subject Area: History

Made Possible By: HISTORY

Discover how tactics, technology, and fierce emotions combined to create a turning point in the Civil War with this study guide to the HISTORY documentary Gettysburg. Students map the progress of the war up to this pivotal battle, trace the events of those three fateful days, investigate how new weapons and intelligence technologies influenced the outcome, and examine primary sources, including photographs, letters, and journals, to recover the human dimension of this decisive moment in our history.

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Gettysburg

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