There are no open spots for this class, but we found something similar!
5.0 (31) · Ages 10-14
American History: Semester Course Part 1 Pre-Contact to the Civil War
5.0 (21) · Ages 6-10
Introduction to World War II
5.0 (12) · Ages 8-13
The American Civil War
5.0 (5) · Ages 13-18
American History: The 1850's Trouble Times - And the Lead Up to the Civil War!
5.0 (3) · Ages 11-16
World History: World War II
5.0 (84) · Ages 8-12
The Tools of War: Everything That Fought, Won, and Lost World War I & II
Mathew Brady: Civil War Photojournalist
Class experience
US Grade 4 - 7
The American Civil War was the first war to be photographed. Never before in American history had people on the home front experience war through the lens of a camera. We have one man to thank for this - Mathew Brady - the father of photojournalism. A skilled portrait photographer who was famous for his photographs of celebrities at the onset of the war, Brady took the campaign photo that won Lincoln his first presidential election and captured the cherished portraits of soldiers before they...
Learners will be able to recognize the work of Matthew Brady and his contribution to photojournalism. Learners will also gain an appreciation for photographs as important primary source documents in our understanding of historical people, places, and events.
I have a Master of Arts Degree in History with a focus on the 19th Century US and Canada. Throughout my university career, I worked as a teaching assistant leading tutorials and facilitated many undergraduate and graduate seminar discussions. Working for 18 years with a management consulting firm, I developed executive training workshops and seminars. I have been interested in the American Civil War since I was a child and have gone on guided tours of many of the battlefields and significant historical sites and have been an active member of the Southern Ontario Civil War Roundtable group.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
This course covers aspects of a war in which Americans sacrificed their lives. A few photographs are included of the aftermath of famous battles where there are bodies of the dead on the field and wounded soldiers in hospital. All photos are black and white, are not graphic in nature, and it is not obvious how or where the individuals were wounded or killed. Although Brady's team captured extensive coverage of the aftermath of battle, I have included a limited number of these images.
Hi, I'm Rebecca. I am a lifelong history buff and fitness fanatic. My interest in history began as a five-year-old child, visiting the living-history sites of Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown. As an adolescent and young adult, I toured many...
Group Class
$18
per classMeets once
45 min
Completed by 11 learners
Live video meetings
Ages 9-13
1-4 learners per class