Novel+Project,+Civil+War+Experience

Making Connections Through Literature
===After you have completed reading and working with the novel //Across Five Aprils//, choose ONE of the following projects to work on. The learning goals and objectives of each project are not only to show how well you have read and understood the novel, but more on how you have applied the themes of the Civil War and its devastation on those who lived through it. Each of these projects will ask you to research, think, and re-consider your knowledge of this pivotal time in U.S. History with the way it affected every day people, whether you choose a project with a historical, literary or real life connection. You will present your novel project to the class on the following dates, depending on your class section.=== 8D: Midnight on Sunday, March 2 YOU MUST EMAIL YOUR POWERPOINT OR NEWS SCRIPT AS AN ATTACHMENT BY THE DUE DATES LISTED ABOVE. NO EXCEPTIONS!**
 * Due dates: 8A/B/C: Midnight on Monday, March 3

Presentation Rubric

In the library or on the Internet (research lab or laptops, depending on availability), do some research to find letters, diary accounts, and photographs from the Civil War era. Try to find materials that help you better understand what the war experience was like for soldiers and for the loved ones they left behind. Then, use your materials to create an "up close and personal" view of the war--or if you wish, of a particular battle. Present the results of your research to your classmates using a PowerPoint presentation. Use diigo to collect information from your research (TAG ALL RESEARCH AS NOVEL PROJECT, then put your first name & last intial under Comments), then create your bibliography using bibme.org. Project 1 PowerPoint Instructions
 * Project #1: Social Studies Connection**

__Part One__: In December of 1862, American poet Walt Whitman got off a train near Fredricksburg, Virginia, where he hoped to find his wounded brother, George. There he saw a pile of body parts--limbs amputated from a recent battle. This sight, and others, haunted Whitman and inspired him to write many moving war poems. Read the following two poems and answer the questions that accompany them in paragraph form. Poems: Come Up from the Fields Father An Army Corps on the March Questions: 1. In the first poem, what has happened to Pete? Explain how his mother reacts to this news. 2. What is the contrast between the setting of the first poem and the news that the letter brings? 3. What may Whitman's purpose have been in writing "An Army Corps on the March"? Explain. 4. Which incident in //Across Five Aprils// is similar to that described in the first poem? Compare and contrast the ways in which the news is delivered and received in both. Reference any quotes or paraphrased information used from the novel or poem with quotation marks and either the poem's line number or the page number from the book in parentheses.
 * Project #2: Poetry & Art Connection** (2 parts)

__Part Two__: Many artists painted pictures of Civil War battles and of people and places that were affected by the war. These artists include Conrad Wise Chapman, Francis Bicknell Carpenter, and Winslow Homer. Find one of their paintings online to illustrate **either** of these Whitman poems. Copy or scan it to your assignment **(be sure to cite the source!)** and write a caption linking it to the poem. Your explication of the poems, plus the painting and caption, will be presented to the class as a PowerPoint presentation. Use diigo (TAG ALL RESEARCH AS NOVEL PROJECT, then put your first name & last intial under Comments) to collect information on Whitman, the paintings, etc., then create your bibliography using bibme.org. Project 2 PowerPoint Instructions

Choose a newsworthy event from he final section of the novel, Chapters 10-12 (for example, the Battle of Gettysburg, the signing of the peace treaty to end the war, or the assassination of Abraham Lincoln). Research the event in your library or on the Internet. Then, write the script for an in-depth news report on this event. You may include accounts provided by eyewitnesses to these events, but these acounts **must be historically accurate.** Present your news report to the class, or videotape it and play the tape. Be prepared to submit copies of your source materials to verify your information. Use diigo (TAG ALL RESEARCH AS NOVEL PROJECT, then put your first name & last intial under Comments) to collect sources, then bibme.org to create the bibliography). Project 3 Presentation Instructions
 * Project #3: Real Life Connection**