Civil War Webquests

Civil War Webquest

You will be completing a Webquest or visiting specific Websites to answer the following Question? In a creative and unique way. (Get it… Web-Quest!) So here we go:

The Question?

Describe and analyze an aspect of the Civil War using primary sources.

The Proof of your answer?

You must complete at least one of the “articles” for any of the Story Assignments as described below:

Editorial

This article should include YOUR opinions along with the facts to answer the following question:

How did the Civil War affect America? Was it good? Bad? (Remember to place your opinion in this article. The more factual detail to back up your opinion, the better the grade. Think about different attitudes toward the war around the country and from different people for higher creativity points.)

Visit the following websites to help: Letters from Soldiers http://www.28thmass.org/letters.htm North vs. South http://web.archive.org/web/20011006085846/http:/www.financialhistory.org/civilwar/ The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Documenting the American South http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/collections.html First Hand Accounts on Slavery http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4narr1.html A Documented History of Slavery called Free At Last http://www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/falpg.htm

News From the Front This article will describe the events of one major battle from the Civil War. Be sure to describe the what, who, when and how of the battle. You should think about using maps, charts or other visual elements to add to your article.

This information can be found at the following websites: Civil War Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historic_parks.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/title.html http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/civilwar/index.html Battles and Information http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#specific http://www.civilwarhome.com/overview.htm http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/battles.htm http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/cwinfo2.htm#Battles

People and Places

Write a profile article about a person who contributed to the war. You should include significant facts about the person as well as ways they participated in the Civil War. Therefore, you should be writing a biography on someone in the Civil War. Include pictures and other creative elements to improve the creativity of your article. Use the following links to guide your story: Abraham Lincoln http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/siteindex.htm Jefferson Davis http://www.civilwarhome.com/jdavisbio.htm Other Civil War Politicians and People http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/spotlight/civilwar1.html Frederick Douglass http://www.frederickdouglass.org/ Women of the Civil War http://www.teacheroz.com/civilwar.htm#women http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarnurses.htm http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/life/ http://www.nps.gov/archive/anti/clara.htm Civil War Generals http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/generals.html http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/ http://www.stratfordhall.org/index.html?HISTORY

Political Page Write a detailed article about some of the political arguments that arose before and during the war. For example:

The abolitionist movement http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch6_p4.htm Dred Scott decision http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/dred.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/dred_scott/scottxx.htm The compromises on popular sovereignty http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch6_p6.htm http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch6_p7.htm http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm http://www.tulane.edu/~sumter/Dilemmas/Dilemmas_intro.html John Brown and involvement in Bloody Kansas and Harpers Ferry http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch6_p8.htm The Know-Nothing Movement http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch5_p7.htm African-Americans in the Military and Fighting 54th http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/54ma.html#history54 http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/54thmass.html The Emancipation Proclamation http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/almintr.html http://www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/chronol.htm The Election of 1860 and 1864 http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch6_p9.htm

Describe who was involved, what was the result, why was there a disagreement, when and how was it resolved? Just to answer a few…

Society Pages This is a chance to write an article about the day-to-day. Just because there was a war going on, doesn’t mean life ended for the regular citizens at home. Research the poetry, stories, letters and pictures of the time and write a creative article about the times and people. This would be the equivalent of the entertainment or sports page of the newspaper and magazines today. Be sure to include pictures, poetry, stories and other historical artifacts to add to the creativity of your article.

Newspaper Articles and other Documents from the Civil War http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/xml_docs/valley_news/html/topics.html http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#letters Soldier Letters http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/ http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/gettkidz/letters.htm Civil War Cartoons http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/Library_Bulletin/Apr1997/Wait.html Images of the Civil War http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html Views from Two different Towns During the War http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Civil War Music http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/gettkidz/music.htm http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/ News from Homefront http://www.wisconsinstories.org/2001season/civilwar/temmer_essay.html

Science News Write an article about the technological, health or scientific advances of the period during the Civil War. Be sure to use statistics, charts and pictures to improve the visual appearance of your article. For example:

Medicine and Health http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm http://www.powerweb.net/bbock/war/ http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/medterm.htm

Railroads and Weapons http://www.teacheroz.com/Civil_War_Weapons.htm

For questions about how to design or write a newspaper and articles, please talk to me or visit websites by searching Google or Yahoo! And typing in, How to write a Newspaper Article!

These ideas in some parts come from http://www.coollessons.org/civilwarpaper.htm Rubric:

You will be graded based on the following rubric for each article. There are a total of 5 articles you can write, each one is worth 20 points for a total of 100 points. You are only required to complete 1 of the articles, any additional will count as extra credit.

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Who, What, Article addresses ALL of the Article addresses most of the Article addresses a few of Article addresses few or When, Where & 5 W's (who, what, when, 5 W's (who, what, when, the 5 W's (who, what, none of the 5 W's (who, where and how). where and how). when, where and how). what, when, where, and How how).

Layout - Article has a headline that Articles has headline that Article headline accurately Article does not have Headlines & captures the reader's accurately describes the describes the content. adequate headline OR attention and accurately content. All graphics have Most graphics have many graphics do not have Captions describes the content. All captions. captions. captions. graphics have captions that describe the people and action in the graphic.

Point of View The information was accurate The information was accurate The information was The information was Worthwhile and there was a clear and there was a fairly good occasionally inaccurate or typically inaccurate, understanding for the opinion reason for the opinion misleading, but there was misleading or libelous OR presented in the article. presented in the article. a clear reason for the there was no clear reason opinion presented in the for the opinion presented in article. the article.

Spelling and No spelling or grammar No more than a couple of No more than 3 spelling or Several spelling or grammar Proofreading errors remain after one or spelling or grammar errors grammar errors remain errors remain in the final more people (in addition to remain after one or more after one or more people copy of the newspaper. the typist) read and correct people (in addition to the (in addition to the typist) the newspaper. typist) read and correct the read and correct the newspaper. newspaper.

Graphics There are 3 or more graphics There are 3 or more graphics Less than 3 graphics are Graphics are not clearly used which are in focus, are which are in focus and are clearly related to the article related to the article OR no well-cropped and are clearly clearly related to the article they accompany. graphics were used. related to the article they they accompany. accompany.