Life as a Soldier—Civil War Project

Think-Tac-Toe

American History I

Ms. Redmon

The life of a soldier in the Confederacy and the Union Armies was not an easy life. There were many challenges that the soldiers had to face on a daily basis such as missing family or lack of adequate clothing and edible food.

For your project on Life as a Soldier—Civil War Project you will be completing 3 activities. You will choose your activities in a Tic Tac Toe format. Three in a roe vertical or diagonal. These activities will increase your knowledge of the Civil War Era and will be worked on inside and outside of class. Due to the limited time left for the semester the majority of this assignment will be done outside of the classroom. The activities will provide you with a challenge and I expect you to put in your best effort, as this assignment will be worth 2 project grades.

ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE DUE ON JANUARY 9TH, 2015

Here are the options for the Think-Tac-Toe:

Think / Tac / Toe
A / Create an Acrostic regarding and event of the Civil War—Topic to be approved by me / Create a photo album related to events of the Civil War with a minimum of 5 photographs. Use descriptive captions to explain your pictures / Create a Daily Journal of a soldier either on the Confederate or Union side. Make sure to include events that could have happened to that person and the journal should be no less than 5 pages
B / Create a Graphic Timeline of the Battles of the Civil War. This timeline should include major battles (no less than 8) and the events should be captioned with winners and losers and illustrated. / Create a poem about life during the war. It could be from the point of view of a soldier, slave, or family member that was left behind. / You are a former slave that has joined the Union Army. Tell your story in the form of a presented monologue to the class.
C / You are a live news reporter that is assigned to President Lincoln. Make a video or audio presentation of 3 events that you travel to with the President. / Create a representation of 3 battlefields. Show Union and Confederate movement. This can be done either as a poster or as a model. / You are writing the Biography of a General during the Civil War. Pick a general and do an interview. Use the interview then to create a poster or 3 page introduction to the Biography that you will write about this General. See me for approval of chosen General.

Suggested Resources for Project

Books in ClassroomGCHS Library

History.comhistoryplace.com/civilwar/

Handouts in classroom

Civilwar.orgcivilwarhome.com

PBS.orgxroads.virginia.edu

NCLearn.orgcivilwarstudies.org

Britanica.comWikimedia commons

Nps.gov/civilwar/GCHS Library Home Page

You will need to cite your resources using Noodle Tools. If you have not already set up your Noodle Tools account let me know and when we go to the library I will assist you. You should use at least two books as resources along with electronic resources. Do not forget this step because the Bibliography will be worth 10 points of your grade.

You will have a rubric to guide your work.

The values assigned to the project are as follows:

Activities from Row A are worth:20 points

Activities from Row B are worth:25 points

Activities from Row C are worth:40 points

Citations/Bibliography:10 points

Overall Presentation:5 points

Good luck and I look forward to seeing your presentations!