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| Imagine you are a historian with the North Carolina Museum of History and you
have been given an assignment to create a display of the Civil
War. As you sit idly at your desk, you wonder how you are going
to do this, when you suddenly remember the old trunk in your
grandmothers attic. You hurry over to her house, climb into the
musky attic open the trunk and discover tons of old stuff that
can be used to make your display the best ever!! |
Task
| Students
will use primary sources from the Civil War Era to analyze the
impact of War on United States citizens, evaluate the effectiveness
of the Civil rights and social movements and discover how technological
discoveries have changed history. |
Process
Complete
the Tasks below to explore different primary sources.
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Task
1:
Learn more about Primary and Secondary sources using History
on the Net. |
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Task
2:
Choose at least 2 of the following documents to read and analyze. Be sure to
print out and complete the Document Analysis Worksheet for each letter.
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Task
3:
Choose at least 2 of the following documents to analyze. Be sure to print out
and
complete the Visual
Document Analysis Worksheet for each document.
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Task
4:
Choose 1 piece of music from the Civil War era to study and evaluate.
Print out
and complete the Evaluation
Page for your sheet music.
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Task
5:
The Civil War was the first conflict in which the train and the telegraph were
used, explore the role of these technologies and discover other new
technologies
of the era and how the North and South used them. Then write an article as if
you were a Civil War reporter detailing how these new technologies are helping
or hindering the war’s progress. The sites below will help you gather information.
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Evaluation
Students will be evaluated on
the completed activities for each task. |
Conclusion
By completing this Webquest you
have learned the importance of primary documents to the study of
history. By using firsthand documents you have been able to explore
the Civil War as if you were there, without any interpretation
of commentary. |
Credits
Thank you to the fifth grade team,
the media assistant and parent volunteer for your thoughts and
ideas. Thanks also goes to History on the Net for allowing me to
link to their Primary Sources Page. Also used was the Memory Collection
of the Library of Congress, and other sources of Primary collections.
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