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Summary and Objective
Students will understand that many towns in N.E. built Civil War monuments to honor their local soldiers. In this lesson they will learn about the monuments and pick two Civil War Monuments in the U.S. to compare. They will understand why each town chose the particular kind of monument they have and the factors involved.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Students will be given background information and review of the New England Towns in the Civil War. A map of Massachusetts will be displayed for our focus on the towns in our area but smaller maps of the towns students have chosen will be given to the students. Each map will have a blank lined section to write the information about their towns.
Step 2.
The teacher will discuss what criteria the towns had to consider in building their monuments such as cost, location, transportation, building material and duration. Another important factor in their decision was the style/artist for their monument and one of the best was James Batterson from Connecticut. Students will be handed out information about him and other builders.
Step 3.
A teacher lead whole group discussion will ensue about the artist James Batterson. The picture of the Greenfield Monument and the Congregational Church will be passed around and discussed. Students can discuss the advantages or problems of using of cast zinc, granite or other materials. A sample of each building material will be distributed and displayed in the classroom.
Step 4.
The class will break into groups. They will analyze and list the following information on their monuments; the location, cost, material/duration, transportation, and style chosen for their construction. Each group can sub divide with one or two students picking a particular criteria to report on.
Step 5.
Re-grouping each group will list their findings on a Venn Diagram or table chart to summarize and compare the information find on the monuments.
Step 6.
Their homework assignment will be to design their own monument using some of the criteria presented in this lesson. They will write a one to two paragraph supporting their monument chose.
Step 7.
Day 2: A class trip can be organized or if this is not possible there are many websites to visit to research their monuments. Here are three websites to visit: Flicker through Yahoo, Civil War Monuments.org, American Civil War Monuments and Civil War-Pictures.com.
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