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:
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.
