Civil War Medicine
During this exciting lesson, students will meet and interact with a battlefield nurse from the Civil War. In 1863, little was known about the causes, cures, and spread of diseases. Soldiers who became ill had little chance of surviving. However, Civil War medical practices resulted in improved techniques and more effective methods of treatment. Students will experience many of these techniques and develop an understanding of medical advances.
Civil War Spies
It's 1866 and the Civil War has just ended. Espionage in the Civil War was quite common and unbelievably easy. Newspapers constantly ran accounts of what the armies were planning. In some cases, military leaders planted false newspaper stories, knowing that the opposing army would read them. The best spies of the era were women. Women were considered harmless, and perhaps they took advantage of that assumption. Most of the spy records in the North and the South were destroyed to protect the spies and their families. Countless more spies took their secrets with them to their graves. This interactive electronic field trip challenges students to examine historical tricks of the trade during wartime. Students are challenged to use critical thinking, decision making, and questioning strategies as the explore the Civil War.
By Request Cost: $125.00
Early Works Museum
Nicole Strickland
eweducation@huntsvilleal.gov
404 Madison Street
Huntsville, AL 35801
United States
Phone: (256) 564-8122
Fax: (256) 564-8151