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Week 26: American Civil War Battles and Clara Barton

Homeschooling moms must fill up their knowledge bank in order to give the best to their kids. The more mom knows, the better she can teach. Research these topics and share the general idea with younger kids. For older kids, you might invite them to pick a topic to research.

Clara Barton

Topics for Week 26

Battle of Shiloh

Battle of Fredricksburg

Battle of Vicksburg/Gettysburg

Clara Barton

Feel free to dive deep into any other battles

Discussion Questions

Battle of Shiloh

How did the Battle of Shiloh change people's view of the Civil War?

Battle of Fredricksburg

The Confederacy won the Battle of Fredricksburg but General Lee felt afterwards depressed. He said, "At Fredericksburg we gained a battle, inflicting very severe loss on the enemy in men and material; our people were greatly elated—I was much depressed. We had really accomplished nothing; we had not gained a foot of ground, and I knew the enemy could easily replace the men he had lost."
How is war a conflict that requires more than winning battles?


Battle of Vicksburg/Gettysburg

How did the Navy help with this amphibious invasion?

Clara Barton
Clara is known for her nursing skills and the fact that she founded the American Red Cross. However, after the Civil War she and her friends helped locate more than twenty-two thousand missing men. In 1865 they found, identified and properly buried thirteen thousand soldiers who died at Andersonville. She continued her work for four more years burying twenty thousand additional soldiers and marking their graves.
How do her choices show her commitment to humanity? What other people have shown this kind of commitment?

Resources:

Books (all links go to Goodreads)

Civil War on Sunday (Magic Tree House #21)
Listopia List of YA Civil War Books (There are a lot of books by Ann Rinaldi. I was not that impressed with her book In My Father's House because of it's bias toward Southern concerns.)

Free E-Books (Juvenile Fiction)

Videos

There are a lot of documentaries and dramas on the American Civil War. This list contains all the Lego Stop-motion videos of Civil War battles that I was able to find because that is what my kids wanted to watch. 













Activities

1. Try making your own Stop-motion animated movie using toy figures
2. Look in your family tree to see if anyone served in the American Civil War. Research their story.
3. Read a personal narrative on Gutenburg Press and discuss that person's experiences.

Image Credit: James Edward Purdy / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain