Technology+and+the+Civil+War

Our class has spent the past few weeks learning about the Civil War. Each of you have done a wonderful job creating a map using mindmeister to "show what you know." Now I would like you to "show what you know" by thinking about the technology that we have available to our society today. How might things have been different during the Civil War if technology were available in 1860? How would technology affect the war? Please be specific and use detail. You may add links, widgets, photos, video clips, podcast, or anything else that you would like to help "show what you know."

Would President Lincoln have had a blog or a facebook page (social networking)?
 * Think about it:**

Pretend you are President Lincoln and create a blog, twitter or facebook page. What would you blog about? If you were an slave who escaped and were trying to find your way to freedom, how could you use technology to find your way? Could you text? Using podcasting, create a historical interview.
 * Ideas:**

After you have posted your response, I would like you to comment on a classmates response.

Grading rubric for technology project. [|Civil War Rubric]

My video by Madison: If technology were available during the Civil War (**STUDENT WORK SAMPLE**)
[|Abe Lincoln and Technology]

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Technology would have changed the Civil War in many ways. For example, during the war the confederate and union soldiers may have used satellite technology to drop bombs on one another, they would also have used airplanes for moving troops or dropping bombs which could only be made by advancements in technology. Cell phones may have been used by the slaves to help them escape their "owners". The government could use technology to listen in on cell phone conversations of the enemy. These are just some examples of how technology could have changed the Civil War. Heather Overton

Technology would have played an important role for slaves who were trying to gain their freedom. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) would have been able to assist the slaves to get to a place of safety. Slaves would have had a difficult time getting this type of technology, however, the assistance they would have received would have been impossible to measure. Also, if both sides would have had internet technology, or cell phones, there would have been less killing after the war had ended. Without technology it took weeks for this important information to get to all sides and stop the killing. Katie Kelley