Memorials and Meaning Procedures for Teachers is divided into
three sections: -- Preparing for the Lesson. -- Conducting the
Lesson. -- Managing Resources and Student Activities. Students
should have an understanding of the historical events and
dilemmas that led to the Civil War; know how to locate sites and
search for information online; know how to download text and
graphics from the Web; and have fundamental research skills.
This lesson may be conducted during two or three class periods
-- or over the course of several weeks -- depending upon the
amount of fieldwork and research time a teacher chooses to
allot. Bookmark the following sites: I Hear America Singing:
Artists, Movements, Ideas Selected Civil War Photographs
Homepage Matthew B. Brady Saint-Gaudens' Shaw memorial
Researching and Recording Civil War Veterans' Burial Sites in
Michigan Cemeteries American Civil War Homepage Divide students
into small collaborative groups and ask them to discuss the
following questions: Why was the Civil War fought