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Photo Analysis Worksheet http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/photo.html
APUSH Thanksgiving Project: The Civil War
This is a multipart task that will be your test for the Civil War unit. This project counts as much as a test. It is due on November 29th our first class back from break! Please be sure to read the directions carefully and complete all aspects of the task.
Task 1: Writing a Newspaper
In this task you will create newspaper about the events leading up to the Civil War. Your entire paper should be from either the North’s viewpoint, or the South’s viewpoint. The newspaper must include:
1. Three news articles of your choice-Each article must be based on a different event leading up to the Civil War and at least 3 paragraphs in length. Please choose from: Fugitive Slave Law, Popular Sovereignty, California admitted as a state, cash crops, Kansas-Nebraska Act, South Carolina secession.
2. Editorial on the Election of 1860. You should endorse one candidate over another and explain why you want readers to support the candidate. The editorial should be 1 page, double-spaced typed.
3. Find a political cartoon online, or create your own, depicting one of the events from #1.
4. Please make every attempt to layout your newspaper as a newspaper would look. Give your paper a name—one made up or a real one. Although the newspaper won’t lose points if it is not printed in color, it may look nicer!
Task 2: Primary Source Analysis & R-A-F-T
For this task, you will analyze several photographs from the battle of Antietam. For each photo, you will complete a document analysis sheet, which will be turned in with your project. (See the end of the project tasks for information on the photographs and document analysis sheet). After analyzing the documents, you must write 4 separate letters home, each about a different photograph from the battle. Your role is either the Union Soldier or The Confederate Soldier. The task should be completed as outlined below. You may switch roles.
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Union Soldier
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Your spouse
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Letter home
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Your reaction to 4 different photographs about Antietam
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Your spouse
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Letter home
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Your reaction to 4 different photographs about Antietam
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Task 3: Reconstruction Plan Defense
Imagine that you are the President during this time. You created a reconstruction plan. The Supreme Court has declared it unconstitutional. You are going to stand before the Supreme Court and defend your plan.
This should be written as a speech. Your defense must include all aspects of your plan, so that I can clearly tell what your plan is. You may combine pieces from any plans, create your own plan, or use a plan we discussed in class (yet expand it). This should be typed and 2 pages, double-spaced. Your plan should be something the federal government is able to carry out.
Where do I go for my primary sources and photo analysis sheets?
I’m glad you asked! Please visit the following link and type in the keywords into the search box at the top. Have the document analysis sheet ready to complete as you look at the photographs.
Go to the Collections Search Box at The Library of Congress web site
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/
At the top left, there’s a box to search the collections. Type in each phrase below.
1. Confederate dead by a fence on the Hagerstown Road
2. Antietam, Md. Another view of Antietam bridge
3. Antietam, Md. Bodies of Confederate dead gathered for burial
4. Antietam, Maryland. Battlefield on the day of battle
5. Keedysville, Md., vicinity Smith's barn, used as a hospital after the battle of Antietam
6. Antietam, Md. President Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan in the general's tent
7. Sharpsburg, Md. Principal street
8. Keedysville, Md., vicinity. Confederate wounded at Smith's Barn, with Dr. Anson Hurd,
14th Indiana Volunteers, in attendance
9. Blacksmith trying to shoe a horse while another horse interferes
10. Antietam, Md. President Lincoln with Gen. George B. McClellan and group of officers
The photo analysis sheet is included in this packet, and can also be found at:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/photo.html
Taking Photographs
at the Time of the Civil War
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Cold Harbor, Va.
Photographer's wagon and tent
Between 1860 and 1865
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During the Civil War, the process of taking photographs was complex and time-consuming. Two photographers would arrive at a location. One would mix chemicals and pour them on a clean glass plate. After the chemicals were given time to evaporate, the glass plate would be sensitized by being immersed -- in darkness -- in a bath solution. Placed in a holder, the plate would then be inserted in the camera, which had been positioned and focused by the other photographer. Exposure of the plate and development of the photograph had to be completed within minutes; then the exposed plate was rushed to the darkroom wagon for developing. Each fragile glass plate had to be treated with great care after development -- a difficult task on a battlefield.
Photo Analysis Worksheet (Designed and developed by the Education Staff, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.)
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Step 1. Observation
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Study the photograph for 2 minutes. Form an overall impression of the photograph and then examine individual items. Next, divide the photo into quadrants and study each section to see what new details become visible.
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Use the chart below to list people, objects, and activities in each photograph.
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Step 2. Inference
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Based on what you have observed above, list three things you might infer from this photograph.
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Step 3. Questions
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What questions does this photograph raise in your mind?
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Where could you find answers to them?
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