The Center at Historic Iron Works

Erica, Lauren and Sara Location and Information

● Open Daily 9am - 5pm ● Address 500 Tredegar Street, Richmond, VA 23219 ● Phone number 804.649.1861 ● Field Trip Rate: Kids admission is free, 1 adult per every 10 students enters free of cost, $7 per additional adult. ● Contact Person: Sean Kane; Museum Educator ● Tour Length: About an hour ● Accommodations for Special Needs: Wheelchair accessible, all videos have captions, elevators ● Lunch Accommodations: Bag lunch to be eaten at picnic tables outside of museum building ● Restrooms: 1 restroom located immediately to the left after check in desk ● Parking: Free with admission ● Website: https://acwm.org/visit-us Historical Information

Historic Tredegar, home to The American Civil War Center, traces its roots to 1836, when Francis B. Deane founded Tredegar Iron Works. He named his Richmond plant for a Welsh town and iron works. In 1841 Deane hired Joseph Reid Anderson as commercial sales agent. Under Joseph Reid Anderson’s ownership, Tredegar manufactured an array of items including , train wheels, spikes, cables, ships, boilers, naval hardware, iron machinery and brass items. Directions From Oliver Hall

Start: 1015 W Main St Richmond, VA 23220 ➔ Head west on W Main St toward S Harrison St 141 ft ➔ Turn left onto S Harrison St 0.2 mi ➔ Turn left onto Grayland Ave 0.1 mi ➔ Slight left onto Idlewood Ave 0.3 mi ➔ Continue onto E Byrd St 0.5 mi ➔ Turn right onto S 5th St 0.2 mi ➔ Turn right onto Tredegar St Stop: 500 Tredegar Street, Richmond, VA 23219 Destination will be on the right Purpose & Related SOL

Students will learn about the events leading up to, during, and after the American Civil War through a hands on experience at the American Civil War Center.

USI.9 (4th Grade) The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes, major events, and effects of the Civil War by a) describing the cultural, economic, and constitutional issues that divided the nation; b) explaining how the issues of states’ rights and increased sectional tensions; c) identifying on a map the states that seceded from the Union and those that remained in the Union; d) describing the roles of , Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and Frederick Douglass in events leading to and during the war; e) using maps to explain critical developments in the war, including major battles; f) describing the effects of war from the perspectives of Union and Confederate soldiers (including African American soldiers), women, and enslaved African Americans Vocabulary

Confederacy - Also called the South or the Confederate States of America, the Confederacy incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation. Confederate states were: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and .

Union - Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War. Union states were: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. West Virginia became a Northern state in 1863 and California and Oregon were also officially Northern but they had little direct involvement in the War.

Emancipation Proclamation - an executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control (that is, within the Confederacy).

The Battle of Fort Sumter - The bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War.

The Battle of Appomattox Court House - One of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Pre Activity: KWL

Before taking the field trip to Tredegar iron works civil war museum, the teacher will access their prior knowledge about the civil by completing a KWL about civil war knowledge. Before leaving students will complete the “know” or “think I know” portion and share what they want to know in the “want” section. When students return as an added follow up activity they would complete the “learned” portion. This will allow the teacher to gauge students’ knowledge of the civil war before the trip. During Activity

● When arriving to the Iron works the students will be given a sheet with a scavenger hunt. ● The students will be responsible for finding certain things on the scavenger hunt For example -There are several videos, the students will be required to watch each video and answer specific questions on the sheet that will be answered the videos. -The students will be required to look at the timeline along the wall which is throughout the majority of the museum and find specific dates and fill in what events happened on these dates. -There will be vocabulary words on the sheets, students will be responsible to find each word somewhere in the museum and fill in the definition of each word on the sheet. Post Activity

Several questions are posted on the wall at the end of the tour. Students will be required to respond to 2 of them by placing sticky notes on the wall under each question. In class, the teacher will ask who responded to each question and students will share their responses with the class.

Questions:

Do you have a personal connection to the Civil War? What is it? Are you proud of it? Questions continued

How might America be different today if the Union had not won the Civil War?

In his Gettysburg address Lincoln called on Americans to fight for “a new birth of freedom.” Are all Americans treated equally today?

What state do you come from? What region? Is your first loyalty to them or to the US?

Has your experience here increased your awareness of different viewpoints? If so, how does that change the way you view the Civil War?

What legacies of the Civil War have an impact on your life? Our Trip our trip