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Civil War Learning Centers _____/100 Name:______________
Center 1: ____/20Directions: Listen to the music playing and answer the following questions.“Johnny is My Darling” by Father Reed??? Borrowed melody used to celebrate Union volunteersWhat 3 words best describe the mood of this song? If you were one of the soldiers pictured here, how would this song make you feel? What do you think the purpose of this song was?
“Bonnie Blue Flag” by Harry McCarthy (Confederacy’s second most popular song, closely following “Dixie”.What 3 words best describe the mood of this song? If you were one of the soldiers pictured here, how would this song make you feel? What do you the purpose of this song was?
“Marching Song of the First Arkansas” by Pete Seeger and Bill McAdoo (recruiting song to enlist African Americans in the Union Army.What 3 words best describe the mood of this song? What do you think was the purpose of this song? What are the various reasons African Americans might want to join the Union Army?
“Tenting Tonight” (moving plea for piece written by Walter Kittredge in 1863 shortly after receiving his draft notice.What 3 words describe the mood of this song? How is the song different than the previous three songs? What do you think the soldiers in the slide would say to the people who wrote the previous three songs.
Center 2 Civil War timeline _____/20Using your textbook Chapter 4.2 page 168-183, place events and developments from the Civil War on the timeline below in chronological order include the significance of each event and be sure to list important individuals involved Be sure to use maps in the chapter for help1861- Fort Sumter
Bull Run
1862- Shiloh
Antietam
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
Chancellorsville, Virginia
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Vicksburg
1864 Sherman’s march to sea
1865 Appomattox (include terms)
Center 3 Analyzing Photographs ____/20Study at least 3 photographs from the bulletin board/table for 2 minutes. Then complete the activities below.List the people in the photographs:
List the objects in the photographs:
List the activities in the photographs:
List 3 things you might infer from this photograph:
Write a short poem or letter from the perspective of either someone in the photograph, or the photographer. *Note* You must include information concerning objects, activities, etc. from the photographs within your poem.
Center 4 Black Soldiers in the War ____/20 Read the following poster and letter and answer the questions below:Who is the intended audience for the poster?
What does the government hope the audience will do?
What references to pay do you find in the document?
How do you think most African Americans responded to this poster?
What is the overall tone of the letter from Samuel Cabble to his wife?
What is Samuel Cabble’s motivation to fight?
What do the letter and poster tell you about the life of African American Soldiers during the Civil War?
Center 5 Letters Sent Home _____/20 Read one of the letters found on the table and answer the following questions:
Author of Letter:
Position or Title:
Date of Letter
For what audience was the document written?
List 3 things the author said that you think are important:
Why do you think this letter was written?
What evidence in the letter helps you know why it was written? Quote from the letter.
List two things this letter tells you about life in the United States at the time it was written.
Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the document.
Center 6 ____/20 Interpreting mapsUsing the maps on the desk answer the following questions ____/20 4-a1.How many Union free states are there? _____2.Name the Union free states with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean __________ and _______________3.In which section of the present-day US are the majority of Union free states located? __________4.Excluding Oregon and California, which Union free state extends farthest west? _____________
4-b5. List the Union Slave States ___________, __________, ___________, _____________, _______________6. Kansas forms most of the western border of which Union slave state? __________7. Name the Union states with harbors. ____________ and _____________8. Which Union slave states border Ohio? __________ and _____________
4-c9. Which Confederate state has the largest land area? _______10. The boundary of which Confederate state extends the farthest north? ______________11. How many Confederate states have coastlines on the Gulf of Mexico? 5Name them. ___________, ___________, __________, ___________, _______________12. Which Confederate state has coasts on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico? _____________
Map D Union and Confederacy 186113. On April 12, 1861 the Confederacy began bombarding Fort Sumter, a Union base on an island in the Charleston, SC harbor. These shots signaled active warfare between North and South. Which states had already seceded from the Union by this time? _________, _____________, __________, ___________, __________, __________, ___________
14.Which States seceded after the fall of Fort Sumter? _________, ___________, _____________, __________
15. Why was the allegiance of the so-called border slave states to the Union so critical?
Exit Slip: Complete after finishing ALL centers/or during discussionComplete the acrostic writing a phrase that describes the civil war that begins with each letter in the phrase “Civil War”Example found below:Confederate states faced a food shortage due to the drain of manpower into the army.CIVIL
WAR
* Note* you may use the photograph below to help you answer questions about photos during the civil war if needed***
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