United States History Student Edition

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INQUIRY ACTIVITY

FLORIDA BENCHMARKS

Multiple Perspectives: Civilian Life During the War ? COMPELLING QUESTION What is the toll of war on civilians?

• SS.8.A.1.6 • SS.8.A.1.7 • SS.8.A.4.3 • SS.8.A.5.1

• SS.8.A.1.1 • SS.8.A.1.3 • SS.8.A.1.4 • SS.8.A.1.5

Plan Your Inquiry DEVELOPING QUESTIONS

Background Information During the Civil War, people documented what life was like in the North and the South. Northerners and Southerners experienced fear, anger, and frustration with their governments and about the war itself. They wrote letters, kept diaries, and created posters that expressed their feelings and their beliefs in the Northern or the Southern cause. The primary sources in this lesson reflect various perspectives, including those of civilians, women, and African Americans.

Think about how war affects civilians. Then read the Compelling Question for this lesson. What questions can you ask to help you answer this Compelling Question? Create a graphic organizer like the one below. Write these Supporting Questions in your graphic organizer.

What this source tells me about how war affects civilian populations

Questions the source leaves unanswered

Supporting Questions

Primary Source

A B C D

E F

ANALYZING SOURCES Next, examine the primary sources in this lesson. Analyze each source by answering the questions that follow it. How does each source help you answer each Supporting Question you created? What questions do you still have? Write these in your graphic organizer.

After you analyze the sources, you will: • use the evidence from the sources • communicate your conclusions • take informed action

» Northern soldiers mend clothing and write letters home after a battle.

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