Civil War Quest

A 14-lesson unit aligned with the NH and Vt standards.

Civil War Quest Outline & Assessment (Unit 5-Column Chart)

Introduction

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

Glossary

Bibliography