Introduction
Imagine you are playing in your back yard when all of a sudden, you find a mysterious artifact! After you pick up the artifact, you are transported through time! After a quick peek around, you discover you are in the Civil War time era!
The American Civil war was an important factor in shaping the American we know today. Throughout this journey, you will see both sides of the story, North and South, why the United States fought against themselves for four years, and you'll meet the important people that helped shape the Civil War!
Task
After reading the website I've provided for you, you and the historians of your group you've traveled back in time with will create an artificat of the Civil War time era. After checking with your teacher, you can create any item you would like. Some examples are a Federal frock coat, hat, bed roll, water flask, belt buckle, or anything you and your fellow historians find interesting! After creating this artifact, you and your fellow historians should write a story that the artifact tells. It could be a true story or it could be a made up, but be sure to relate it correctly to what the artifact was used in!
Have fun, historians!
Process
What exactly is any artifact?? Click here to find out!
Wanna know about the North and South? Watch this video to get things going for you!
What about information on why the Civil War started and what happened during that time? Here's a little information to let you know what really happened to make the United States fight against each other!
The aftermath of the Civil War helped shaped the nation into what we are today as a nation. But how? This website will show you the aftermath, timelines, and much much more!
Evaluation
Conclusion
You should now know more about the American Civil War than you probably thought you'd learn! You created an artifact for display in your classroom that you can always look at and remember what exactly the Civil War was fought for.
Do you think your artifact and description of the object could help future children understand about the Civil War? Do you think they'd be able to fully understand with how well you explained yourself?
Now move on, my Historians. There's so much more history for you to explore!
Credits
I couldn't have made this WebQuest without due credit given to each website used in the exploration of the children. I also couldn't have done this without the help of historian, Mackenzie Taylor.
Author Biography:
Permission is granted for other to use and modify this WebQuest work as they see fit and to use within their classroom. This WebQuest is intended for education purposes only.
Teacher Page
by Kirsten Phillips, Arkansas Tech University
This WebQuest is an activity to further educate children on the American Civil War and to engage them in their creativity with knowledge.
Teacher Introduction
Kirsten Phillips, Arkansas Tech University