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Museum Display

Choose one important participant ( union or Confederate) to prepare a museum display. Use a three sided display unit to show life

• before
• during
• after the Battle of Gettysburg
• 

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Prepare an Interview

How would Oprah or Dr. Phil

interview a famous general from the Gettysburg Battlefield?

Prepare and act this out with a partner.

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Song

Create a

• ballad
• rap
• parody of a famous tune

in tribute to individuals who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Obstacle Course

Make a rough sketch of each day of the battle.

Prepare an obstacle course the class can “run” that accurately depicts ONE day on the battlefield.

Free Choice

A project of your choice

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Impersonation

Pretend you are a tour guide. Take us through the most famous battlefield places and explain their significance…you might consider the monuments as topics:

• Little Round Top

• Devil's Den
• Culp's (Cemetery) Hill
• Spangler's Spring
• Peach Orchard
• Cemetery Ridge
• Seminary Ridge
• The Angle

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Model

Make a clay model or a labeled drawing of any weapon used on the battlefield:

• cannon

• repeating rifle

• musket

Be prepared to talk about your

model and how it affected the

battle or the men who fought at Gettysburg .

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Cartoon Strip

Draw a cartoon strip explaining to an illiterate soldier what he might expect to happen to him if he were injured on the battlefield.

Hint: Research medicine / hospitals / clean-up after the battle/

nurses / doctors / diseases.

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Ghost Story / Legend / Lore

Read, learn by heart, then retell

a detailed GHOST story with Gettysburg as a setting. You may make it up based on other legends or find a ready-made story. Include:

•  Characters with voice

•  PLOT with beginning, middle, and end

• Descriptive Setting

Diversified Plan Legend

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Tactile

Person

Written / Drawn

Person

Verbal

Place

Tactile

Place

Written / Drawn

Place

Verbal

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Tactile

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Written /Drawn

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Verbal