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The
Civil War through a Child's Eye
Welcome
to The Civil War through a Child's Eye project! We are going to use historical fiction and primary source images from
the Library of Congress to explore a child’s perception of the Civil War era. Throughout the project, our focus will be examining
history from a child’s point of view, rather than from an adult perspective.
At the conclusion
of this project, you will be able to:
- use primary and secondary source materials
to explore perspectives of the Civil War;
- read historical fiction as an introduction
to multiple perspectives of the Civil War;
- interpret and analyze photographic images
from the American Memory collections;
- form conclusions about how children were affected
by the Civil War; and
- create a literary portrait that conveys a child’s
perspective of the Civil War era.
Steps:
- View the slide show, "Children
in the Civil War", which uses photographs, daguerreotypes,
and facts to learn about the boys who participated in the Civil War.
- Read and rehearse your assigned part in
Bull Run. Participate
in the class reading of Bull Run as Readers Theater.
- Next, explore the Civil War era photographs and
daguerreotypes from the American Memory collections. View the gallery of
Images
and select one image of a child to examine more closely.
- Work as historians to carefully examine and analyze
the photographic image you selected. As you work, complete the Photo
Analysis Guide. Remember to
describe the physical attributes, age, and other traits that you observe
or infer from the photographic image.
- Read the criteria listed on the Literary
Portrait Scoring Guide. Using your detailed
responses on the Photo Analysis Guide, write a literary portrait
of your selected child. Remember
that the literary portrait needs to be written from the point of
view of the child. Get ready
to share your literary portrait with the class as Readers Theater.
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