Lincoln, Lee and Appomattox
This lesson, for Grades 8 – 12, uses storytelling and primary source investigation to understand the roles of Grant, Lee, and Lincoln in the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. The lesson is presented by Jay Winik, the best-selling author of the internationally revered Lincoln biography April 1865: The Month That Saved America.
Chapters
| 1. Defining the Civil War | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 2. Life at the War's End | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 3. The Specter of Guerilla War | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 4. Lee Rejects Guerilla War Part 1 | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 5. Lee Rejects Guerilla War Part 2 | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 6. Imagined Effects of Guerilla War | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 7. Lee's Decision to Surrender | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 8. The Moment of Surrender | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 9. Terms of Surrender | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 10. Lincoln Visits Richmond | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 11. An Assassination Conspiracy | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 12. The Power of the Assassination | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 13. The President Johnson | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 14. What If Lincoln Had Lived? | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 15. Lincoln's Leadership Part 1 | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
| 16. Lincoln's Leadership Part 2 | [WMV - Quicktime - Transcript] |
About Jay Winik, author of April 1865: The Month that Saved America
Biography: New York Times best-selling author Jay Winik has written the internationally revered history April 1865: The Month That Saved America. Though many historians utilize a broad gamut to retell the history of the American Civil War, Winik’s superb storytelling recounts specific details that lead to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox and to the final dissolution of the Confederate Army. He takes his reader through vivid pursuits, battles and retreats between Confederate and Union soldiers.