Civil War
Social Studies 7
Mrs. Gould and Ms. Rooney
The Civil War - A Classroom Museum
Penalty for lateness
Working alone or with a partner, select a Civil War topic which interests you. Print a copy of a photograph or artifact related to your topic. Research the subject of your photograph or artifact and make a brief presentation to the class. Pictures and summaries will be displayed. Your presentation can be arranged as a picture and written summary or as a Power Point presentation with graphics and written descriptions.
If you choose to work with a partner, each of you must select a separate photograph or artifact on the same topic. For example, your topic could be military life. One person can use a photograph showing leisure activities and the other person can use a photograph showing combat. The written description should include information about both.
You must choose your photograph, sketch or artifact from
one of the websites listed below. Research
can be completed by using library books or other reputable online sources.
You may use the American Memory Civil War collection of photos from the Library of Congress. You may access these at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml
(Civil War home page which enables you to search by year or subject)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/photo/slide0.html
(Civil War slide show containing photographs of military camps, implements of war, and medical care in the Civil War)
Below is a partial list of subjects included in the American Memory Civil War collection:
(In addition, there are numerous photographs of famous people and places involved in the Civil War on this web site.)
Ambulances
Cemeteries
Fire engines
Games
Hangings
Hospitals
Military bands
Newspaper vendors
Nurses
Orphanages
Prisons
Railroads
Secret Service
Surgery
You may use Civil War artifacts from the Smithsonian’s web site. This web site includes descriptions of the artifacts. You may access these at
Below is a list of the subjects included in this collection:
Slavery and Abolition
Abraham Lincoln
First Blood
Soldiering
Weapons
Leaders
Cavalries
Navies
Life and Culture
Appomattox
Winslow Homer’s Civil War Sketches
You may use the photographs and drawings from the New York Historical Society’s collection of Civil War Treasures. You may access these at
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html
Below is a partial list of subjects included in this collection: (In addition there are many photographs of famous people and places involved in the Civil War.)
Afro-American soldiers
Baking
Bands (music)
Barns (often used as hospitals)
Boys
Candy
Children
Combat
Concert posters
Cookery
Counterfeit money
Dice
Draft Riot of 1863 (New York)
Fishing
Inventions
Ladies’ Aid Society
Medicine
New York
Physicians
Political parades and rallies
Prison education
Quaker guns
Railroads
Rifles
Smuggling
Streets (New York)
Thieves
Women and war
Our class will use the library to do research for the explanation of your photograph or artifact. Your explanation should be no longer than one page in length. The paragraph should be placed below the photograph or on a separate page. Do not use a cover page for your work.
Power Point presentations should consist of about 3-4 slides. Power Point presentations should include the equivalent of one page of written work.