CSS Hunley& the Mystery of Queenie’s Lucky

Coin

Historical Comprehension & Analysis Part 2

What are we up against?

• Technology• Entertainment Factor• Attention Disorders• Work Ethic Outside of Classroom• Can you name others?

GOALS OF HISTORICAL COMPREHENSION

Students should develop the ability to read imaginatively.Students should develop the ability to take into account what the narrative reveals of the humanity of the individuals involved.Students develop the ability to describe the past on its terms

THE SKILLS OF HISTORICAL COMPREHENSION

Identify the author or source of the historical document or narrative and assess its credibility.Reconstruct the literal meaning of the historical passage. Identify the central question the historical narrative seeks to answer.Define the purpose, perspective or point of view from which the narrative has been constructed.Read the historical explanations or analysis with meaning.

THE SKILLS OF HISTORICAL COMPREHENSION

Recognize the rhetorical cues that signal how the author has organized the text.Draw upon data in historical maps.Utilize visual, mathematical and quantitative data.Draw upon visual, literary and musical sources.

http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar2.html

K W L SWhat I

Know or Think I Know

What I Want to

Learn

What I Learned & Confirmed to be True

What I Still

Want to Know

Launch Activities

Horace Hunley

Touching the Hand of Friendship Bulletin Board

• Students write their own story of friendship.• On one hand, the students will put the Title of their story.• On the other hand the students will write a quote from their stories.• Students will share their friendship stories with the class.• Display hands with titles and quotes on a bulletin board.

VENN DIAGRAM

ConfederateHand crankUnderwater

TorpedoMetal

Ballast TanksHand PumpsAir SystemUnstable

Short Voyages

UnionSail

SurfaceBig guns

WoodMasts

Steam powerStable

Long voyages

Warships

Rudder

Propeller

Anchor

Wanted: Dead or AliveStudents make a WANTED Poster using the information from the previous Venn Diagram exercise.

WANTED DEAD or ALIVE

LT. GEO DIXON

CSA SUBMARINE CAPTAIN

Another Venn Diagram IdeaUse different Venn Diagram shapes to address different aspects of the Hunley conservation effort

•Traits of submarine sailors (Physical and Personality)•Emotions you think the crew felt•Probable backgrounds of crew•Situations that the crew found themselves in.•The Hunley’s legacy

Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston SC

CONSTRUCT A MODEL….The science of the Civil War can bring to reality the historical facts of the book. Have the students research the innovations found on CSS Hunley. Have the students construct a small-scale model to show these innovations.

Using the information provided in the map on the left, have the students create a map that illustrates the Union, Confederate and Border states and the Western territories. Have the students show both Northern and Southern ports.

Social Studies IdeasConstruct a timeline of important events from 1860 – 1865 including illustrations.

Social Studies Ideas

In a class discussion, have the students explain why the Civil War had such a significant impact on the US. In addition, have the students give expected and unexpected consequences of the Civil War.

Expected Consequences

Unexpected Consequences

K W L SWhat I

Know or Think I Know

What I Want to

Learn

What I Learned & Confirmed to be True

What I Still

Want to Know

Summarizing Activities

Revisit the KWLS Chart from the launch activity and have students complete the last two columns. As class discusses answers from their individual papers, add information to chart paper from class KWLS Chart.

HL Hunley by Fran Hawk provides an excellent avenue by which students can travel from the point of historical confusion to the destination of genuine historical understanding.

ReferencesCappenter, D. Literature. Retrieved July 10, 2009 from www.cartoonstock.com.

Civil War Music. Retrieved July 9, 2009 from http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html.

Crabtree, C., Nash, P., and Waugh, S. Approaching United States History: Foundations of Good Teaching – Rationale: Why Study History/The Case of History in our Schools. Lesson From History, Essential Understanding and Historical Perspectives Students Should Acquire. 1992. pp. 1-10. The National Center for History in Schools. L.A., CA.

Hawk, Fran, The Story of the HL Hunley & Queenie’s Coin, 2004, 40 pp. Sleeping Bear Press.

Wood, J. 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2009. www.learninglaffs.com.

Miscellaneous Illustrations – www.clipart.com; www.patriciapolacco.com.