Task
Organizing and Managing the Simulation
Class is divided into teams of 4-5
We will first explore these websites to get a further understanding of the American Civil War. In your group each team member will write a total of 5 interesting facts about the American Civil war. Here is a list of websites I want you to explore.
- American Civil War
- The Civil War Home Page
- Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
- Teaching with Historic Places: Civil War History
- Civil War Battle Flags
- Choose a Role: The North (pg. 20)
- Choose a Role: The South (pg. 21)
- A Soldier's Journal (pg. 22-24)
- Equipment and Supplies for the Union Army (pg 25)
- Equipment and Supplies for the Confederate Army (pg. 26)
- Minor Injury Table (pg. 27)
- Major Injury Table (pg. 28)
- Infection Table (pg. 29)
- Disease Table (pg. 30)
- Morale Table (pg. 31)
- Rubrics (pg. 32)
- Simulation Spinner (pg. 33)
Copies that are necessary for the class will be provided by the teacher
Students you will be re-creating history, using the simulation and your imaginations to experience what it was like to be a soldier during the Civil War. You will be taking on the roles of various citizens in that period and facing the same decisions that those people faced. Your task is to make intelligent decisions that will determine whether you survive the bloodiest conflict in American history or end up in a shallow grave on a war-torn battlefield.