Civil War Memorial Quilt Project
Task: Research a Civil War event, theme, character (historical), or event from the list below. Create a panel that will become a part of a quilt that memorializes the Civil War.
Process: Choose a topic for your panel, research that topic, create an image - may include lettering- that somehow represents your knowledge of the topic. On the back of the panel, you must cite your source(s). A total of 2 sources are required.
Materials: Civil War non-fiction found in our classroom, or in the media center; our textbook; valid and dependable internet sites; video clips such as United Streaming. (Extended stays in the media center are not part of this project’s scope.)
Required Product Parts:
a. 2 quality sources cited in MLA format.
Score (1-10) ____________ Explanation:
b. A panel decorated with symbols/pictures/photos/words that informs and memorializes your topic.
Score (1-10) ____________ Explanation:
c. Presentation: Teach the class about your topic. 2-5 Minute Presentation. Be prepared. How does your image inform and memorialize?
Score: (1-10) ____________ Explanation:
Possible Topics: Choose from the list or propose your own to the teacher.
Political Topics:
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Kansas-Nebraska Acts; Missouri Compromise; Election of 1864; Emancipation Proclamation; 3/5ths Compromise; Fugitive Slave Law
13th, 14th, 15th amendments to the Constitution, Dred Scott.
People:
*Abolitionists and Spies: Fredrick Douglass, Harrient Tubman, Sojourner Truth, John Brown, Belle Boyd, Elizabeth Van Lew, etc…)
* Leaders: Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, Generals (Lee, Grant, Meade, Sherman, Longstreet ect…)
*John Wilkes Booth
*The everyday soldier: Volunteers, recruits, infantry, cavalry
* People on the home front and living in war zones
Events: Battles (Gettysburg, Bull-Run I&II, Shiloh, Fredricksburg, Sherman’s March to the Sea, Antietam, Chancelorsville, etc…)
Succession, Emancipation, Lincoln Assassinated, Gettysburg Address
Themes: Slavery, Constitutional Crisis, Southern Way of Life, Maintaining the Union, Battlefield Tactics, New Weapons, Black Soldiers (54th Massachusssetts), Underground Railroad, Economies of North and South, Preserving the Union.
Any valid topic not listed: Present to your teacher.