The Black Hawk WaróReconstructing "Stillman's Run" by Jennifer
Erbach Students will compare several eyewitness accounts of
Stillman's Run, and discuss how a historian might use them.
Students will act as historians and try to reconstruct what
happened during Stillman's Run from the eyewitness accounts.
Prior to the lesson, divide the class into three groups. Each
group will be given one of the following testimonies concerning
what happened during "Stillman's Run." - Group 1: Testimony of
Major Stillman - Group 2: Testimony of Black Hawk - Group 3:
Testimony of Elijah Kilbourne Students should read their
assigned account and come to class with an outline of what
happened according to their author.Introduction:Part I: Outline
the Black Hawk War to give students a general idea of where the
war took place, why it was fought, its major battles, and
ultimate outcome. Note: go into little or no detail about the
"Stillman's Run" incident.Part II: Have the students get out the
outlines that they did for homework. Ask