Students will be able to closely read excerpts from Civil War letters and identify personal politics and points of view conveyed within these letters; connect individual experiences with national events and connect personal politics with positions advocated by political parties; describe a place in time from documents, images, and maps; compare and contrast different individuals’ war time experiences; and connect past experiences in Peninsula, OH with present experiences in their own home town.
Recommended level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
1. Peninsula, Ohio and the Civil War Home Front
2. Comparing Wartime Experiences and the Election of 1864