Notes to Teachers

 

Introduction

Prior to Web Quest, as a pre-assessment, have students draw pictures of where Union, Confederate, and United States Colored Troops may have lived before they joined the army.  Their pictures should clearly reflect the lifestyle of these three groups of people, as they imagine them to be. 

After finishing the Web Quest, compare with your students their conceptions of the lifestyles of the different soldiers using these pictures and the persuasive essay they will have completed.

 

Subject Area

History, Reading, Comprehension, Composition, Spelling, Vocabulary

 

Grade Level

8

 

Length of Lesson

50 minutes

 

Curriculum Frameworks Learning Standards

Massachusetts USI.40 Provide examples of the various effects of the Civil War.  The origins and impact of sectionalism on American life and politics.  The U.S. history standards in grade 5 and the standards for U.S. history I and II address the origins, development, and importance of sectionalism in American history. The standards address the political and economic differences between the North and the South, the Civil War and its aftermath, and the continued importance of sectionalism through the 20^th century. 

 

Materials

·       Pencil/Pen/Paper

·       Notebooks

·       Colored pencils, crayons, or markers

·       Internet Access

 

Objective/Outcome

At the end of the lesson, each student will be able to:

·       Identify three different participants in the Civil War.

·       Illustrate a picture depicting the type of home life this Civil War soldier may have come from before he entered the war.

·        Justify the reasons the soldiers were fighting in the war in the words of the Declaration of Independence.

 

 

 

This WebQuest was adapted from Petersburg National Battlefield, Teacher’s Pages,

Lesson Plans http://www.nps.gov/pete/mahan/portraitlesson.html