Revolutionary War

A great resource we have in this area is war re-enactor, Dr. Roy Wells.  Today he came and spoke to the 8th grade students about the different uniforms, weapons, and about life in general for soliders during the Revolutionary War.

Here is Evan as a Patriot.

Dr. Wells

Tea.

Special thanks to Kailey for great pictures!

Civil War Projects from Core 2!

Here are some more awesome Civil War projects from my other 8th grade class:

If Abraham Lincoln had facebook, he should have un-friended John Wilks Booth.

The Battle of Gettysburg.

Another scrapbook that explains the fashion of the Civil War.

Here is a link to a site that compares and contrasts the life of civilians:
http://www.wix.com/tophetalk/civil-war-project#!home|mainPage

Great Job, Core 2!

Civil War Projects from Core 1

For the Civil War project, the 8th graders have a lot of choices, they can also design there own projects.  Here are some fun examples from Core 1!

Here are some examples of slave quilts.  The girls also researched what each pattern meant to slaves escaping to the North.

A model of the battle between the Merrimack and the Monitor.

Some examples of clothing/fashion from the Civil War.

You can also check out this amazing stopmotion video on the First Battle of Bull Run:

Poetry

Still looking for that perfect poem for your recital?

http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/

This site has lots of great poems available (listed alphabetically), including a number of sonnets (14 lines long).

Also a page with a guide on how to read poetry aloud.

http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/how-to-read-poem/how-to-read.html

Civil War Project

I encourage all of you to try designing your own project for the Civil War... here are some ideas:

Twitter as if you were a soldier in the Civil War like these examples:

If Lewis and Clark had twitter...

Four Score and Seven Years Ago...

Or create a farcebook page like this:

farcebook

It is a mock facebook page of George Washington, it could be created for any Civil War general/leader etc...

You could also create a blog as written by the wife or child of a soldier, general or anyone else. 

Or create a video like this:

There are a lot of awesome ideas out there!