War at Home: The Civilian Side

Alice Lee 5^th Grade

Summer Fellowship, 2008

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Lesson 6—Connection to the country

1. Now that students have a basic understanding of the civilian perspective, they will be connecting this understanding to the broader perspective on a national level.

2. Have students look at the following pictures and use the Photo Analysis worksheet to evaluate them:

a. Look at “Refugee family 1,” which is a refugee family that is leaving a war area with their belongings loaded on a cart.

b. Look at “Refugee family 2,” which is a black family entering Union lines with a loaded cart.

c. Look at “Family group” which are Virginia civilians in front of a hotel

d. Look at “Women at cottage” which is located at the cottage of Colonel Nathaniel Michler, US engineer in Virginia

3. Have a discussion with students about connections and similarities they think Illinois civilians needed with rest of the nation. Refer back to the second anchor chart that listed all the categories civilians’ families needed.