A 14-lesson unit aligned with the NH and Vt standards.
Civil War Quest Outline & Assessment (Unit 5-Column Chart)
Preparing for your Civil War Quest Project
Lesson 1: Introducing your Students to Questing
Lesson 2: Finding the Civil War in your local Cemetery
Lesson 3: Where did the soldiers live? Using 19th century maps
Lesson 4: Soldiers & their families: Using the U.S. 1860 Census
Lesson 5: Online Resources:VT in the Civil War and More
Lesson 6: Secondary Sources: Town, County and Regiment Histories
Lesson 7: Primary Sources:Letters, Journals and More
Lesson 8: Making a Map for your Quest
Lesson 9: Writing the Quest: Movement Clues
Lesson 10: Writing the Quest: Teaching Clues
Lesson 11: Pulling it all together
Lesson 12: Testing & Editing your Quest
Lesson 13: Sharing your work with the community
Lesson 14: Other culminating student products