Civil War
WebQuest
Introduction
It is the summer of 1863. The Civil War has been raging for over a year
now with no end in sight. You are a
journalist for the local newspaper in one of the major cities of either the
Confederate South or the Union North.
Task
The
students will be separated into six different groups. Each group represents a newspaper from a
different Confederate or
Process
Within the groups each individual will be
responsible for a different aspect of the newspaper. One person will be responsible for each of
the following:
v
Major battles and troop movements
v
Agriculture and Economics
v
Arts
and Entertainment
v
Politics and Government
v
World News
v
Medicine and Technology
Each group will then assemble
the information they gather into an actual newspaper with headlines, articles,
and anything else a typical newspaper might have. The newspaper must also include at least
three advertisements for different products that may have been popular at the
time.
Resources
In addition to the
encyclopedia you may use any of the following resources.
Official Civil War website:
Home of the American Civil War
American Civil War homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
American Civil War
Other web resources may be
used with teacher’s permission.
Evaluation
Each individual will be
evaluated on the thoroughness and accuracy of the 
article
they submit to the paper. Each group
will be evaluated based on the appearance and quality of the newspaper they put
together. A few points of extra credit
will be awarded to any group that includes a political cartoon from the time
period.
Conclusion
Now that the newspapers have
been issued the students can enjoy reading them and learning about what was
happening in the day to day lives of the citizens of the Confederate and