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 ID: 641504
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Harpers Ferry and Gettysburg
By Katie Vespe, Sue Albright, Alison Cotter, and Joan
FazoSlide2
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 picturesGreat educational resources (mixture of primary/secondary sources for use in classroom, complete unit plan)Nice activities for little kids
Easy to navigateCons:Little interactivity (virtual tour is just photos)Nothing for older kidsTraveling Trunk link was blank—had to search for itSlide3
Rangers’ Acitivites
Readers TheaterRoundDebateSlide4
Harpers Ferry Journal ActivitySlide5
Harpers Ferry and Math
Analyze impact of Industry on economyPrices of 1850s vstodaySlide6Slide7Slide8
Gettysburg Site
Pros:Great field trip guideFairly easy to navigateLots of information on how to visit/what to see Cons:
Little interactivity or photosNothing for the classroomFew primary sourcesVery commercial—keeps bringing you to restaurant and gift shopNo detailed description of the battlesSlide9
Using resources from rest of the trip
Antietam Disc—Nation Divided Map, Common Soldier Math Activity, Civil War Word BankNurse’s journal by Louisa May Alcott Slide10
Gettysburg Letter HomeSlide11Slide12Slide13Slide14Slide15Slide16Slide17Slide18
Artifacts
Bullets (Minie Balls—fired/unfired, round, pistol)Currency (reproduction Confederate and Union, real Confederate bonds)Slide19
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”Slide20
Interactive Gettysburg Address
http://logs2.smithsonian.museum/FlashBrowser/viewfa.html?path=kioskinteractives/GA_final/Document_gallery2.cis&aratio=1.77Slide21Slide22