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– 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

Rangers’ Acitivites

• Readers Theater• Round• Debate

Harpers Ferry Journal Activity

Harpers Ferry and Math

• Analyze impact of Industry on economy• Prices of 1850s vstoday

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

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

Gettysburg Letter Home

Artifacts

• Bullets (Minie Balls—fired/unfired, round, pistol)

• Currency (reproduction Confederate and Union, real Confederate bonds)

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”

Interactive Gettysburg Address

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