Internet assignment for the Civil war

In teams of 4-6, you will be responsible for producing a news magazine about the Civil War.  Each news team will cover one year of the Civil War. 

·         Team 1:  You are assigned to cover the outbreak of the war, from April 1861 to December 1861

·         Team 2:  You are assigned to cover January 1862 to December 1862

·         Team 3:  You are assigned to cover January 1863- December 1863

·         Team 4:  you are assigned to cover January 1864- December 1864

·         Team 5:  You are assigned to cover January 1865- June 1865

Each team member will be responsible for completing one assignment per newsletter.  Every year covered must include articles and pictures related to the following topics:

At least  1-2 Major battles per year):  Articles should have a map of the battle, and information about the battles.  Maps can be hand drawn or cut and pasted.  Information should tell where battle took place, how many fought, who were the leaders for each side and who won.  Also, end report with why this battle was significant or important

A timeline for each year with important events illustrated and labeled (use textbook for ideas) http://www.civilwar.com/content/section/16/42/

2 political cartoons from the 1860’s: Cartoons should be explained in a caption box under the cartoon http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/election.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/politics/gal_media_1.html

2 pictures of famous Civil war era personalities and a short biography as to how they were important http://civilwar.si.edu/leaders_intro.html

1 report of women from the civil war http://americancivilwar.com/women/women.html http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html

1 report of African Americans in the Civil War. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/civilwar/aasoldrs/soldiers.html

1 Civil War letter -copy and then summarize letter in a report:  -what can you learn from it about the war? http://www.civilwarletters.com/letters_toc.html

1 report on the Weapons of the War:/One section devoted to photos from the civil war http://civilwar.si.edu/weapons_intro.html   http://www.civilwar.com/content/section/33/49/   

Photos of the Civil War: http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/ http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/civilians.htm

Battles of the Civil War: http://americancivilwar.com/   http://www.sewanee.edu/faculty/Willis/Civil_War/maps.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/milhome.html