HIST 444 American Civil War and Reconstruction
Andrews Academy
Department of History
HIST 444 American Civil War and Reconstruction
Special Project: Civil War Personalities
Purpose:The purpose of this special project is to explore the characteristics of people who were involved with and/or affected by the American Civil War. These people struggled, they persisted, they served faithfully - regardless of whether they failed or succeeded.
Goal:Your group is to choose four names from the accompanying list of Civil War Personalities. You will be asked to complete both personal and group activities, where the group will decide on strategies for completing the assignments. In order to accommodate many different learning styles, the activities will incorporate the multiple intelligences, as identified by Dr. Howard Gardner. The due dates for each activity are listed in the calendar section of the syllabus.
The Activities:
- Linguistic Intelligence
- Individually - Type a two-page biographical sketch on each of the four people your group has chosen. (40 pts.)
- Individually - Type a one-page obituary for each of these four people. (20 pts.)
- Cooperatively - Write a script for a short (3-5 minute) skit involving one of these characters (15 pts. each).
- Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
- Group - Construct an accurate time-line, with proper spacing, for each of the four people chosen. (15 pts. each)
- Spatial Intelligence
- Group - Design and construct a collage or mural on the lives of the four people. (15 pts. each)
- Individual - Design and construct a cover for a biographical video on one of the four characters. (Please note that the other members of the group must design covers for the other three characters.) (20 pts.)
- Individual - Construct a poster or model of the key events in the life of the person you made the video cover for in number letter 3.B above. (15 pts.)
- Musical Intelligence
- Group - Choose a song with lyrics that can be closely identified with one of the four individuals chosen. Submit a typed-written copy of the lyrics along with an explanation of the connection between the song and the person chosen. (10 pts.each)
- Group - Write and perform a song or a rap related to the events and overall theme of one of the characters. The music portion of the song does not have to be an original composition, however, creativity is regarded highly. (15 pts. each)
- Kinesthetic Intelligence
- Group - Act out a mime or charade dealing with the events in the life of one of the four characters. (15 pts. each)
- Interpersonal Intelligence
- Individual - Set up a panel to discuss the similarities and differences among the four individuals you have studied. (15 pts.)
- Intrapersonal Intelligence
- Individual - Type a one-page personal diary for each of the four characters. Pretending that you are the people, reflect upon events in their lives, and the way the may have felt and responded to these events. (40 pts.)
- Individual - Type a one to two page article explaining from your point of view the ups and downs of being an historic figure during the American Civil War. (20 pts.)
- Naturalist Intelligence
- Group - Optional activity to be designed for the group for extra credit. (10 pts. added to total score)
Civil War Personalities
You may choose from the following list, or upon the approval of the instructor, other names that do not appear on this list may be included in your project. Please note that no two groups may study the same individual.
Theodore Dwight Weld
William Lloyd Garrison
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
David Wilmot
Jefferson David
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Abraham Lincoln
Stephan A. Douglas
Henry Ward Beecher
John Brown
Charles Sumner
Andrew Pickens Butler
Preston S. Brooks
James Buchanan
Millard Fillmore
John C. Fremont
Dred Scott
Roger Taney
Nat Turner
William Seward
Matthew Perry
John C. Breckinridge
Robert E. Lee
John Bell
Edward Everett
Salmon P. Chase
Robert A. Toombs
P.G. T. Beauregard
Robert Anderson
Simon Cameron
Edwin M. Stanton
Thomas J. Jackson
George McClellan
Ulysses S. Grant
David G. Farragut
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ambrose A. Burnside
Geroge E. Pickett
George Meade
Joe Hooker
Irwin McDowell
Robert Patterson
Joseph E. Johnston
Jesse Fremont
Henry W. Halleck
William S. Rosecrans
Don Carlos Buell
Felix Zollicoffer
John J. Crittendon
George B. Crittendon
Albert Sidney Johnston
Leonidas Polk
Charles Francis Adams
Clement L. Vallandigham
Andrew Johnson
Phillip Sheridan
John Wilkes Booth
Edmund Ruffin
Oliver O. Howard
Alexander Stephens
Thaddeus Stevens
Hiram r. Revels
ABluff Ben@ Wade
Benjamin F. Butler
Winfield Scott
George Thomas
Andrew Foote
John Worden
Franklin Buchanan
Catesby R. Jones
Nathaniel P. Banks
James Shields
J.E.B. Stuart
John Pope
James Longsreet
Ambrose P. Hill
Joseph K.f. Mansfield
Edwin V. Sumner
John B. Hood
Daniel H. Hill
John Pemberton
Richard Ewell
John Buford
Jubal Early
Robert Rodes
George G. Meade
Braxton Bragg
Clara Barton
Sojuourner Truth