Civil War Memorial Quilt Project
Task: Research a Civil War event, theme, character (historical), or event from the list below. Create a panel that will become a part of a quilt that memorializes the Civil War.
Process: Choose a topic for your panel, research that topic, create an image - may include lettering- that somehow represents your knowledge of the topic. On the back of the panel, you must cite your source(s). A total of 2 sources are required.
Materials: Civil War non-fiction found in our classroom, or in the media center; our textbook; valid and dependable internet sites; video clips such as United Streaming. (Extended stays in the media center are not part of this project’s scope.)
Required Product Parts:
a. 2 quality sources cited in MLA format.
Score (1-10) ____________ Explanation:
b. A panel decorated with symbols/pictures/photos/words that informs and memorializes your topic.
Score (1-10) ____________ Explanation:
c. Presentation: Teach the class about your topic. 2-5 Minute Presentation. Be prepared. How does your image inform and memorialize?
Score: (1-10) ____________ Explanation:
Possible Topics: Choose from the list or propose your own to the teacher.
Political Topics:
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Kansas-Nebraska Acts; Missouri Compromise; Election of 1864; Emancipation Proclamation; 3/5ths Compromise; Fugitive Slave Law
13th, 14th, 15th amendments to the Constitution, Dred Scott.
People:
*Abolitionists and Spies: Fredrick Douglass, Harrient Tubman, Sojourner Truth, John Brown, Belle Boyd, Elizabeth Van Lew, etc…)
* Leaders: Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, Generals (Lee, Grant, Meade, Sherman, Longstreet ect…)
*John Wilkes Booth
*The everyday soldier: Volunteers, recruits, infantry, cavalry
* People on the home front and living in war zones
Events: Battles (Gettysburg, Bull-Run I&II, Shiloh, Fredricksburg, Sherman’s March to the Sea, Antietam, Chancelorsville, etc…)
Succession, Emancipation, Lincoln Assassinated, Gettysburg Address
Themes: Slavery, Constitutional Crisis, Southern Way of Life, Maintaining the Union, Battlefield Tactics, New Weapons, Black Soldiers (54th Massachusssetts), Underground Railroad, Economies of North and South, Preserving the Union.
Any valid topic not listed: Present to your teacher.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Week of May 19th
Welcome back! What a great, sunny weekend it was!
We are now in the final weeks of school, but are busy as ever. This years study of US History will conclude with the Civil War and the resolution of the Constitutional Crisis that it presented. We will also be examamining the severe human impact that the war created, as well as issues that were not solved by the immense bloodshed.
Monday, May 19th: PAWS Reading Test - Students' Lexile and RIT scores are assessed and compared to their early-year scores.
Tuesday: Civil War Novel: Students are mixed between classes and spread out among 5 Novels and as many facilitators. Check in with your Literature Circle Facilitator for details.
Wells' Lit Circles: Tuesday: Bring in completed role sheets and be prepared to present to your group. There will be an extremely quick assessment to determine weather students have read to the allotted page. Most students are beyond this page, so this will not be a problem!!!
Wednesday: Classes prepared paraphrased drafts of the Gettysburg Address. At the start of class, we will compare all 4 classes' versions and elect the most worthy! How to they add up to the original's intent and effects? Students begin Civil War memorial quilt project -- The last project of the year.
Thursday: Lit Circles: Students choose and activity from the Tic-Tac-Toe board relating to their novel and create a product in small groups or as a whole circle.
Friday: Students continue Civil War Memorial Quilt Project research and composition.
We are now in the final weeks of school, but are busy as ever. This years study of US History will conclude with the Civil War and the resolution of the Constitutional Crisis that it presented. We will also be examamining the severe human impact that the war created, as well as issues that were not solved by the immense bloodshed.
Monday, May 19th: PAWS Reading Test - Students' Lexile and RIT scores are assessed and compared to their early-year scores.
Tuesday: Civil War Novel: Students are mixed between classes and spread out among 5 Novels and as many facilitators. Check in with your Literature Circle Facilitator for details.
Wells' Lit Circles: Tuesday: Bring in completed role sheets and be prepared to present to your group. There will be an extremely quick assessment to determine weather students have read to the allotted page. Most students are beyond this page, so this will not be a problem!!!
Wednesday: Classes prepared paraphrased drafts of the Gettysburg Address. At the start of class, we will compare all 4 classes' versions and elect the most worthy! How to they add up to the original's intent and effects? Students begin Civil War memorial quilt project -- The last project of the year.
Thursday: Lit Circles: Students choose and activity from the Tic-Tac-Toe board relating to their novel and create a product in small groups or as a whole circle.
Friday: Students continue Civil War Memorial Quilt Project research and composition.
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