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ON-SITE PROGRAMS
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Make history come alive with The American Civil War Center’s History Labs! Students will experience the Civil War like never before. Through hands-on activities participants will study the causes, major events and effects of the Civil War. Using learning strategies such as: interactive-note taking, kinesthetic and multi-sensory experiences, visual discovery, simulations, and deBono’s Thinking Hats, students will examine primary sources to increase understanding of events in history, interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives, and make connections between past and present. All program curricula are designed around Virginia Standards of Learning. |
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Summer Camps-- Dig Into History
Dates: Tuesdays, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29, 2008
Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Fee: $10 per child
The Center will be taking summer camp participants back to the basics in July with a new program Digging Into History. Children ages 9-13 can sign up for one of four three-hour sessions to delve into archaeology, primary documents, and other ways we learn about the past.
Your children will learn about the people who lived and worked at Tredegar in the 19th Century. They will come away from the morning with an appreciation for how we learn about the past so that when they go back to school in the fall their understanding of why the past is important will be enhanced.
Tours of the site and exhibits, crafts such as the fanciful creation of the Tredegar Battalion flag, and quilt-making will highlight a busy and fun morning.
If you would like to register for our summer camps you will find the registration form here. |
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Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Common People in an Uncommon War How did the Civil War affect civilians, some of them living hundreds of miles from the battlefields? How did those mothers, children, journalists, musicians, factory workers – men and women both- influence the outcome of the war? Students explore the impact of the war on the home-front, and the legacy of the Civil War for ordinary citizens. (4th – 12th grade) |
SOL’s:
- History and Social Studies- VS.1, VS.7, USI.1, USI.9, USI.10, VUS.7
- Oral Language - 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2
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Carpetbaggers, Scalawags….and Jim Crow? A look at the Emancipation Proclamation, American Reconstruction, and Jim Crow |
What was life like after the Civil War? How did the South replace slave labor, and how did the freed slaves make a living? Students will study the causes, major events and effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the significance of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, while gaining an understanding of racial segregation and the rise of “Jim Crow.” (4th-12th grade) |
SOL's:
- History and Social Studies- VS.1, VS.7, VS.8, USI.9, USI.10, USII.3c, VUS.7, VUS.8, VUS.14
- Oral Language- 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.3, 11.1, 11.2
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Lincoln, Davis, Douglas and Emancipation |
| Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and Frederick Douglas were three of the most powerful men of the 19th-century. What impact did these men have on the lives of millions of men, women, and children? Students will discuss the role these men played in the Civil War and will examine these roles in connection to the Emancipation Proclamation. (4th – 12th) |
SOL's:
- History and Social Studies- VS.1, VS.7, USI.1, USI.8, USI.9, USI.10, VUS.1, VUS.6, VUS.7
- Oral Language- 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.3, 11.1, 11.2
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Brown’s Island: A tiny island, a great role |
| Richmond and Brown’s Island played a significant role in the Civil War. The Confederate Laboratory, often called the powder loading plant, operated on the Island in conjunction with Tredegar Iron Works. The Richmond Arsenal was both a repository for arms and military stores and an establishment where arms and military supplies were manufactured. Students will explore the island and use the primary source material from the James River walking bridge to discuss the roles of citizens in the Civil War, and the final days of the Confederacy. (4th – 12th) |
SOL's:
- History and Social Studies- VS.1, VS.7, USI.1, USI.8, USI.9, USI.10, VUS.1, VUS.6, VUS.7
- Oral Language- 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.3, 11.1, 11.2
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| A Woman’s War: Women’s Roles in Civil War History |
| Millions of women were affected by and participated in the Civil War as supporters, suffragettes, spies and even soldiers. Students will learn about the exciting roles of women such as Clara Barton, Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Tubman. Students will also have the opportunity to create a quilt square reminiscent of the homespun work women did before, during, and after the war. (4th-12th) |
SOL's:
- History and Social Studies: VS.1, VS.7, USI.1, USI.8c, USI.8d, USI.9, USI.10, VUS.9f, VUS.6c, VUS.8b, VUS.7a, VUS.7b, VUS.7c
- English: 7.6, 7.5
- Math: 7.3, 7.6, 7.19
- Art: 4.3
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| Men of Iron |
Students will have the opportunity to tour the grounds of Tredegar Iron Works, learning about the making of iron, the many other buildings and their uses and Joseph Reid Anderson himself. Students will also learn about Tredegar’s role as the main armory of the Confederacy. (4th-12th) |
SOL's
- History and Social Studies: VS.1, VS.7, USI.1, USI.9, USI.10, VUS.
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| The Civil War as a Constitutional Crisis |
| The American experiment in Democracy was neither flawless nor painless. Slavery, westward expansion, the balance of power between state and federal governments-all of these issues provoked profound questions of constitutionality and morality throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Students will discover the Civil War as a culmination of a series of constitutional crisis. Students will examine the founding of the Republic, westward expansion, slavery and the causes of the Civil War. Through critical thinking and observation, students will be able to discuss the causes of the Civil War as rooted in the Republic’s early debates over the nature and reach of the government and constitution. Students will use primary documents and role playing to understand how the seemingly abstract issues of law and constitution affected those on all sides. (9th-12) |
SOL's
- History and Social Studies: VS.1, VS.7, USI.1, USI.7, USI.8, USI.9, USI.10, VUS.6, VUS. 7
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| Members of our education staff will conduct lessons on-site or in your classroom. Programs last approximately 50-75 minutes. Programs offered at the American Civil War Center are FREE of charge. Classroom programs at your school are $2.50 per student. Please contact the Education Coordinator to schedule your school group, hturner@tredegar.org or (804) 780-1865 x 23. |
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| The Richmond
National Battlefield Park currently offers several on-site programs. |
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