Adam Matthees
Educ 333: Rierson
Civil War Lesson Plan #4
1. Title: A Day in the Life of a Solider. The students will get an understanding about what life was like for the soldiers who fought in the Civil War.
2. Materials:
- Pencil
- Paper
- Letters from the soldiers
- Cribbage board made by one of the soldiers (Historical Society)
3. Goal(s) for today’s lesson:
- The students will identify, describe, and extract information from various types of historical sources, both primary and secondary.
4. Objectives for today’s lesson:
- The students will gain an understanding of what it was like to be a soldier during the Civil War.
- The students will understand the conditions under which a Civil War soldier lived under.
5. Procedures:
A. Introductory Experiences: (5 minutes)
- Explain that today we will be talking about what the soldiers during the Civil War were going through. Tell the students that the conditions they lived in were not very good and that many soldiers suffered from the cold weather and died from diseases.
- Show the students the cribbage board from the Historical Society that a soldier made while at camp.
- Describe the board and where it came from.
B. Developmental Experiences: (35 minutes)
- Read Soldiers’ Letters from the nps.gov website.
- Discuss what things they notice in the letters.
- Note the spelling of the letter by Francis M. Russell.
- Talk about different things that we read about.
- How soldiers really looked forward to letters and packages
- They couldn’t put X’s and O’s in their letters because they could be construed as code.
- Split the class into groups of 3-4
- Explain to the class that in their groups, they are going to be reading more letters from soldiers.
- After they have read 3-4 letters, they will be writing a letter home.
- They will pretend that they are a soldier for the Union or the Confederates.
- Talk about how the war is going, things they miss and hardships they are going through.
- Hand out more letters to each group; have them share within their group.
- When they are done, they are to hand in their papers and work on other homework until everyone else is done.
C. Culminating Experience (5 Minutes)
- Ask the students what types of things they wrote in their letters.
- Discuss the hardships and conditions that the Civil War soldiers had to live through.
6. Assessment used during the lesson:
Formal: The students will be handing in the letters to home. They will be explaining what it would be like to be a soldier during the Civil War.
7. References:
http://www.civilwar.com/content/category/18/31/43/
http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/gettkidz/letters.htm
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/
http://www.winonahistory.org/
Educ 333: Rierson
Civil War Lesson Plan #4
1. Title: A Day in the Life of a Solider. The students will get an understanding about what life was like for the soldiers who fought in the Civil War.
2. Materials:
- Pencil
- Paper
- Letters from the soldiers
- Cribbage board made by one of the soldiers (Historical Society)
3. Goal(s) for today’s lesson:
- The students will identify, describe, and extract information from various types of historical sources, both primary and secondary.
4. Objectives for today’s lesson:
- The students will gain an understanding of what it was like to be a soldier during the Civil War.
- The students will understand the conditions under which a Civil War soldier lived under.
5. Procedures:
A. Introductory Experiences: (5 minutes)
- Explain that today we will be talking about what the soldiers during the Civil War were going through. Tell the students that the conditions they lived in were not very good and that many soldiers suffered from the cold weather and died from diseases.
- Show the students the cribbage board from the Historical Society that a soldier made while at camp.
- Describe the board and where it came from.
B. Developmental Experiences: (35 minutes)
- Read Soldiers’ Letters from the nps.gov website.
- Discuss what things they notice in the letters.
- Note the spelling of the letter by Francis M. Russell.
- Talk about different things that we read about.
- How soldiers really looked forward to letters and packages
- They couldn’t put X’s and O’s in their letters because they could be construed as code.
- Split the class into groups of 3-4
- Explain to the class that in their groups, they are going to be reading more letters from soldiers.
- After they have read 3-4 letters, they will be writing a letter home.
- They will pretend that they are a soldier for the Union or the Confederates.
- Talk about how the war is going, things they miss and hardships they are going through.
- Hand out more letters to each group; have them share within their group.
- When they are done, they are to hand in their papers and work on other homework until everyone else is done.
C. Culminating Experience (5 Minutes)
- Ask the students what types of things they wrote in their letters.
- Discuss the hardships and conditions that the Civil War soldiers had to live through.
6. Assessment used during the lesson:
Formal: The students will be handing in the letters to home. They will be explaining what it would be like to be a soldier during the Civil War.
7. References:
http://www.civilwar.com/content/category/18/31/43/
http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/gettkidz/letters.htm
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/
http://www.winonahistory.org/
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