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Harpers Ferry and Gettysburg

Harpers Ferry and Gettysburg. By Katie Vespe, Sue Albright, Alison Cotter, and Joan Fazo. Harpers Ferry Site. Pros: Very comprehensive (covers the diverse history of the area as well as the natural resources of the park) A lot of varied pictures

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Harpers Ferry and Gettysburg

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  1. Harpers Ferry and Gettysburg By Katie Vespe, Sue Albright, Alison Cotter, and Joan Fazo

  2. Harpers Ferry Site • Pros: • Very comprehensive (covers the diverse history of the area as well as the natural resources of the park) • A lot of varied pictures • Great educational resources (mixture of primary/secondary sources for use in classroom, complete unit plan) • Nice activities for little kids • Easy to navigate • Cons: • Little interactivity (virtual tour is just photos) • Nothing for older kids • Traveling Trunk link was blank—had to search for it

  3. Rangers’ Acitivites • Readers Theater • Round • Debate

  4. Harpers Ferry Journal Activity

  5. Harpers Ferry and Math • Analyze impact of Industry on economy • Prices of 1850s vs today

  6. Gettysburg Site • Pros: • Great field trip guide • Fairly easy to navigate • Lots of information on how to visit/what to see • Cons: • Little interactivity or photos • Nothing for the classroom • Few primary sources • Very commercial—keeps bringing you to restaurant and gift shop • No detailed description of the battles

  7. Using resources from rest of the trip • Antietam Disc—Nation Divided Map, Common Soldier Math Activity, Civil War Word Bank • Nurse’s journal by Louisa May Alcott

  8. Gettysburg Letter Home

  9. Artifacts • Bullets (Minie Balls—fired/unfired, round, pistol) • Currency (reproduction Confederate and Union, real Confederate bonds)

  10. Books • “B is for Battlecry” by Patricia Bauer • “If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War” • “We The People Great Women of the Civil War” by Lucia Raatma • “Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer” by G. Clifton Wisler • “Time for Kids Clara Barton Angel of the Battlefield”

  11. Interactive Gettysburg Address http://logs2.smithsonian.museum/FlashBrowser/viewfa.html?path=kioskinteractives/GA_final/Document_gallery2.cis&aratio=1.77

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