Substitution in the Civil War
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| K-12 Objectives | Materials
Needed | Procedures | Assessment
| Standards
K-12 Objectives:
- Identify the major issues relating to substitution during the Civil War.
- Consider multiple perspectives of soldiers and journalist on the issue of
substitution.
- Evaluate major opinions expressed in letters, diaries, and newspapers on
the issue of substitution.
Materials Needed
- This lesson is designed for a traditional (non-computer) classroom setting.
Teachers may, however, choose to have students use the newspaper search page
for the Franklin Repository and Valley Spirit to search for articles on slavery
themselves.
- A list of documents related to issue of subsitution.
- A worksheet
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
Center
for Technology and Teacher Education,
University of Virginia,
This module
created by John K. Lee of the
University of Virginia.