Urbana - Champaign during the Civil War
Fellowship Lesson 2009
Deb Heater
Lesson
4-5-6:
Abstract: Students will learn to analyze primary
sources to better understand an individual from history.
Essential
Questions:
Who were the people from Central Illinois that were involved
in the Civil War?
Assessment: Students
will be assessed on their team work, the product of their project and their
presentation of their project.
Setting
the Purpose: Through specific primary sources, students
will create a biographical sketch of a soldier from Central Illinois who fought
in the civil War. Primary Sources
will include, but are not limited to, photographs, obituaries, Newspaper
articles, pension documents, and historical writings.
Procedure:
- Pass
out rubrics. Spend 5 minutes
reviewing the rubrics (group rubric, group & self-evaluation, presentation rubric) and what is expected. Answer questions.
- Have
packets of information about 5 Civil War soldiers prepared.
- Have
students break up into groups (teacherŐs choice on how this is done).
- Hand
out copies of the biographical sketch worksheet, let students read it over and
then answer any questions.
- Remind
students they only have 2 class periods to work on this and that the 3rd
day will be devoted to presentations.
- Allow
students to work, answering questions as needed.
Analysis
of Primary sources: Students will be analyzing photographs, census
information, obituaries, pension documents, historical writings and newspaper
articles.
Ties to
National Primary sources:
Attachments:
- Biographical
sketch directions
- Packet
of documents for John Wolfe
o Will
o MasonŐs
Biography
o Bio
from Salt Fork to Chickamauga
- Packet
of documents for Henry M. Brownfield
o Biographical
Sketch from Salt Fork to Chickamauga
o Biographical
sketch Standard History of Champaign County
- Packet
for Homer Ayers
o Bio
from Salt Fork to Chickamauga
o Pension
application
o Obituary
- Packet
for Samuel Busey
o Article
from Arkansas Gazette
o Article
from News Gazette
o Article
from Champaign County News
o Military
Order memorial.
- Packet
for Henry C. Forbes
o Bio
from Salt Fork to Chickamauga
o Obituary
o Estate
Papers
