Civil War Traveling Trunk Resources

Basic guidelines

• Teacher's Manual
• Traveling Trunk Inventory
• Traveling Trunk Inventory with Photos

Lesson plans and activities (not included in the trunk)

• American Battlefield Trust Traveling Trunk Lesson Plans
• Remembering Slavery Lesson Plan 
• Union Documents
• Confederate Documents
• Clothing and Accoutrements
• Canister Model Guide
• Over 18

Fact sheets, pamphlets, and other resources

• Union and Confederate Flag Guide
• An Introduction to Small Arms of the Civil War
• The Language of Nineteenth Century Etiquette Books
• "Smoke Not" - Pamphlet on the drawbacks of smoking
• "Weeping, Sad, and Lonely" - Mourning in the nineteenth century
• Fife Guide, Finger Chart, and Music
• Reference List for Assorted Replica Documents (assorted replica documents included in the trunk)