• Identify when Confederate troops burned the city of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
• Describe the extent to which Chambersburg was damaged during the burning of the city.
• Describe the events leading up to the burning of Chambersburg.
• Create a fictionalized account of the burning of Chambersburg.

• Virginia Center for Digital History's Valley of the Shadow
• Rose, W. L. (1964). Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment. York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc.

Standards:

National History Standards: Standards in Historical Thinking

2: Historical Comprehension
3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4: Historical Research Capabilities
Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction

Virginia Standards of Learning

11.6
11.17

National Council for the Social Studies

II. Time, Continuity, and Change
V. Individuals, Groups, and Institutions