This education day experience is designed to
present
typical camp life of the 1860s to modern day students.
Confederate
and Federal troops, both infantry & cavalry, will demonstrate
period
military aspects of daily life. Refugee women and children will
demonstrate
cooking and domestic skills. Prepare to walk back in time to the
1800s when you cross the gate from 2005 to 1865!
To register, email Doc Julia .
You will need to provide contact name & email address, school name,
school address, school phone & cell phone, and the number of
students
anticipated, as well as grade levels. CUTOFF IS 2,000
STUDENTS.
PREREGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED IN ORDER TO ASSURE YOUR CLASS
SPACE.
Please indicate the event you are requesting (Anderson, Fairview, or
Central).
$100 Confederate currency featuring Lucy Pickens, wife of governor
of South Carolina
Tour Objectives
Elementary grades
To increase the students understanding
of elapsed time by comparing
life
and artifacts of the 1860s and 1990s.
To establish a visual image of life in
camp and on the battlefields
during
the War Between the States
To create an awareness of South
Carolina
history as something developed and occurred here in Anderson
County, South Carolina.
Middle and High School Grades
To perceive the role of the
conflicting armies in the social and
economic
context of the mid-19th century of the South.
To gain knowledge of the War Between
the States in South
Carolina and the impact on life here.
to learn of land engagements which
actually occurred in AndersonCounty
during the War Between the States
To learn of men such as Thomas J.
Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S.
Grant,
and William Tecumseh Sherman and how their experiences and encounters
in South
Carolina affected them during the war and in
post-war
years.
These are just a few of the
suggested
ideas.You might also wish to consider having your
students:
Write an essay on what is like to be
living historian.
Describe the possible hardships,
positive items, and efforts of those
they
have seen today.
How do the styles of women’s clothing
differ from the styles of 2004?How
did their clothing reflect their lifestyles and how does today’s
clothing
reflect the lifestyles of the modern era?
What are some of the pleasant aspects
of working in the cavalry?What
would be harder or more expensive to be a cavalry re-enactor as opposed
to infantry?
What are some of the materials used in
artillery which are different
from
other re-enactor materials?
Teachers
will want to create their own pre-visit, on-site, and follow-up
activities.Some
suggestions are:
Activities
Elementary
students:
Draw a picture or
map of the encampment and battlefield
Write about an
interesting object or idea which you experienced at the
site.
Middle
and high school students
Make a list of all
the items seen today and explain their uses.
Draw maps of the
site and label items shown on it.
Use scale principles.
Write an essay
comparing life in the 1860s to life in the 1990s.
$100 Confederate currency featuring John C. Calhoun of South Carolina
Suggested
across the curriculum activities
Math:
Measure the size of
the officer’s wall tent and a soldier's A-frame
tent.Determine
the inner volume and compare the space available.
Estimate the number
of classmates which would have died due to disease
and battlefield injuries.Then determine the
number
of disabled from wounds and illnesses.Finally,
determine
the number of students left untouched.
Science
and health:
List and describe
some of the medicines used during the Civil War and
compare
them with modern medicines.
Determine the
properties and physical laws used in the discharge of a
projectile
from the cannon or musket / rifle.
Determine what
modern sanitation changes have increased the health of
armies.
The Civil War was perhaps most
important event in American history.The survival
of the United
Statesas one nation was at risk.The outcome of the
war
would determine the nation's ability to bring to reality the ideals of
liberty, equality, and justice.
The
war put constitutional government to its severest test.A
long growing debate over the power of the federal government vs. states
rights reached a violent end.Its enormously
bloody
outcome preserved the union but debate still exists on the rights of
the
individual and the rights of states.
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Typical education day scenes (left to right): Education Day
coordinator "Doc Julia" with middle schoolers.
Julia Robertson-Ashley has an Ed.D. degree in Early & MIddle
Childhood Education, 30+ years experience in the public schools,
and is currently a member of the Anderson County (SC) School District
Board of Trustees.
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demonstration
of camp kitchen cooking; demonstration of blacksmithing 1860s style
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