PBS Rebroadcasts Remastered THE CIVIL WAAR
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. To mark the occasion, PBS is airing a remastered edition of Ken Burns’s landmark documentary series The Civil War. The nine-part series will air on five consecutive nights, from September 7 to 11, the month that will mark the 25th anniversary of the series’ first airing on PBS. The new version has been scanned frame by frame for a new high-definition print, so viewers will see the series the way Burns originally shot it. The Civil War may be taped off-air and used for up to a year following broadcast. As they view portions of the series in the classroom, students will meet men and women, many no older than they, for whom the war was a very personal experience. They will meet individuals such as Elisha Hunt Rhodes and Sam Watkins, who were just ordinary young men thrust into extraordinary circumstances that changed their lives forever. They will also meet the heroes of the Civil War, those who are said to have “made history” and continue to capture students’ attention. The complete broadcast schedule appears on The Civil War’s website.
Plus: The classroom section of the website was designed for educators who wish to use the film and web resources to enrich their teaching of the Civil War. In this special classroom section, educators will find episode descriptions, broken down chapter by chapter; episode-specific discussion questions; multidisciplinary lesson plans newly created by award-winning educators; and activity ideas from teachers who have been using the video series for years. The site also has a unique search interface with the Library of Congress’s Civil War photography collection and an extensive list of resources to help students delve more deeply into the rich and full history of the United States.
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