Class: American Civil War

Grade Level: 11th & 12th Graders

Activity: Uh Uh oh I am wounded now what!!!!!

Materials from the Library of Congress.

1. The Confederate Newspaper: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025813/1864-09-27/ed- 1/seq-2.pdf

2. Surgical Photographs: ppmsca 10106 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.10106

3. Surgical Procedures Manual: [Digital ID# cw0085]

4. The Soldiers Return: LOT 14166, no. 5 [P&P]

5. Bringing up the wounded at Fredericksburg on Saturday: Afternoon. DRWG/US - Lumley, no. 10 (A size) [P&P]

6. Ambulance Corps. Method of removing wounded from the field: LC-B811- 1078 [P&P]

7. From Parlor to Operating Table: [Digital ID# cw0082p1]

8. Keeping Track of Soldiers: [Digital ID# cw0084, cw0084p1]

Materials that come from other resources.

A. Medicine in 4 Minutes: https://www.civilwar.org/learn/videos/civil-war-medicine

Materials:

. Large Post It Pads around the Classroom

. Sharpie Colored Markers Assortment.

(Evocation: Bell Ringer) 2 minutes.

1. Pose the Question on the board for students and allow them to do a five minute free write: You are wounded on the Battlefield during the battle of Gettysburg. What type of thought would be going through your head? What type of help would you try to seek?

2. Discuss responses key into their fears and expectations. Write it Jigsaw Activity 35-40 minutes.

 Post the Various Pictures around the room by the various Large Post it Pads.

 Have Students reflected on what they see in the image and what they think might be happening.

 Divide the class into 8 stations that analyze the pictures.

 Rotate Stations every 5 minutes.

 Have Students discuss their findings to you personally as you go to each station.

Let’s Examine the Evidence (Last 5-10 minutes of class)

 Watch the Video about Civil War medicine (4 Minutes)

 Have the Students construct a Journal Entry as a Wounded Soldier, Surgeon or Nurse the students should be graded on details from the knowledge learned.

NCSS Standards

Standard 1. Content Knowledge Candidates demonstrate knowledge of social studies disciplines. Candidates are knowledgeable of disciplinary concepts, facts, and tools; structures of inquiry; and forms of representation.

Standard 3. Design and Implementation of Instruction and Assessment Candidates design and implement instruction and authentic assessments, informed by data literacy and learner self- assessment, that promote civic competence.

Missouri Social Studies Standards

I. Understanding the causes and consequences of the Civil War Explain Missouri’s role in the Civil War, i.e., Missouri as a border state