This example will cover what the war felt like to a Southerner during the War Between the States. We shall follow a pattern for each of these examples.
Goal: To help students have a deeper understanding of how the people of the South felt about the War Between the States
Objectives:
Given the views expressed by Ms. Carolyn White Williams about the causes of the war use your critical thinking skills to examine their validity using a web quest to gather additional information and express your opinion in support of or contrary to this view in an essay of between 1000 and 1450 words.
Given the songs of the War Between the States era performed by Tom Roush, you will analyze the lyrics and state the three most common themes reflected in them with acceptable accuracy.
Given the readings about Sherman’s march to the sea, you will present the event as viewed through the eyes of Georgians in the path of that march with adequate accuracy,
Given the websites describing the rebel yell, you will describe how the opposing troops may have reacted to it with satisfactory accuracy.
Given these materials, you will write an essay between 1,000 and 1,400 words about how they viewed the War Between the States, and why they felt that way.
Learner characteristics:
Traditional college juniors aged between 20 and 25 years of age representing African-American, Hispanic, and Caucasian races and ethnicity.
Learning theory: Constructivist
Instructional design model: Gagne’s nine instructional events (Gagné, 1985).
Resources: computers, access to the Internet, handouts
Websites:
Tom Roush Battle Cry of Freedomhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyWe2ILErVk
Listen to the Mockingbirdhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5liOUZFVnAg
Lorenahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U4yAXM53mI
Dixie’s Landhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLrg_k0iqPU
Sweet Evalinahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmowHhmPyPw
Lily Dalehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf9bNa9mmAw
Sweet Virginia Bellehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBoYIcK8xT0
Civilian Account of Sherman's March to the Sea: http://www.thomaslegion.net/civilian_diary_sherman_march_to_the_sea_civil_war_newspaper.html
This Day in Georgia Civil War History: https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/thisday/cwhistory/12/02/letter-from-augusta-eyewitness-account-of-march-to-the-sea-destruction
Sherman's march; Journal of an eye-witness. https://www.nytimes.com/1864/12/23/archives/shermans-march-journal-of-an-eyewitness.html
Women during the Civil War: https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/women-during-civil-war
South will never forget Sherman's 'March to the Sea': https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141115/news/141118831/
The Rebel Yell Lives, Pt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfHylwlq9Ow
What the Rebel Yell Sounded Like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mGAesLYlF8