Introduction
On April 12, 1861, America began what was the worst war it has experienced: The American Civil War. The country suffered decades of internal conflict about issues, such as slavery, states' rights, societal movements, economics, and more. The war would claim over 600,000 lives, which would be the equivalant to two Wichita's.
Task
Welcome Soldier!
You are a Union soldier from Pennsylvania, and you recently were deployed to another post in Kentucky as a photographer. The Civil War is known as one of the last "semi-traditional" wars of America, meaning, new technological advances were created and were used in the war .
Your job is to write a letter to your family back home in Pennsylvania and describe to them about some of the new weaponary or inventions you are seeing. Write a brief description of the weapon or invention and provide a picture.
your letter should include some of the following
1.) choose At least 2 technological advances (weapons or inventions)
2.) Names of inventions
3.) Purpose of them
4.) Who invented the items (if you can find them)
5.) 1 picture
There is no required length of writing for the letter. If you describe the above requirements, you are good!
Process
The following internet websites provide several weapons and tactics that were new and fresh for battle. Some of the new weapons were flamethrowers, observation balloons, Iron-clads, telegraph, and the hand crank machine gun. Read through two inventions that interest you and follow the directions in the TASK tab.
Links
1.) http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/civil-war-technology
2.) http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-unusual-civil-war-weapons
Evaluation
Evalutation
You will be evaluated by your ability to fully follow through with the directions in the TASK tab. You will present your letter and your invetions to the instructor. If you can follow though and complete what is required in the task tab, you'll be good! This project is to introduce to you how new weaponary and tactics affected the war for both the Union and Confederacy.