"Fellow citizens, we cannot escape

history."

Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message to Congress

December 1862

“Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this

continent a new nation:

conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that

all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .

testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . .

can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war…”

from President Lincoln's Gettysburg AddressNovember 19, 1863

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

LESSON ONE OF TWO:The Importance of

the Roles of Newspapers and Journalists

Before, During, and After the Civil War

“Featuring”

A News Story from the The New York TimesDecember 25, 1860:

“Excitement at Pittsburgh”…

… as Our Primary Source for Learning How to

Analyze a Document

to Reach a Better Understanding

of Pennsylvania's Link to the

American Civil War …

…through the Close Reading and

Careful Interpretation of this

Newspaper Article:

The

American

Civil War

1861-1865:

The Importance of Newspapers

and Journalists Before,

During and After the Civil War:

Analyzing a Primary Source Document

THIS IS LESSON ONE OF TWO!TODAY: YOU WILL BE INTRODUCED TO TOMORROW’S

ASSIGNMENT AND THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT YOU WILL STUDY AND INTERPRET TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT.

YOU WILL NOT GET ANY HANDOUTS TODAY. YOU WON’T BE COMPLETING ANY ACTIVITIES. TODAY IS

YOUR DAY TO SIT BACK AND SOAK IN INFORMATION YOU’LL NEED TOMORROW.

TOMORROW: CLIMB THE LADDER TO SUCCESS:TIME TO APPLY WHAT YOU LEARN TODAY THROUGH READING, WRITING AND SHARING.

And now, for your viewing pleasure…A VIDEO WHICH WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND

THE IMPORTANCE OF“THE NEWS IN THE CIVIL WAR YEARS”

and theSignificant Role of Civil War-Era

Newspapers and Journalists

But first…SOME PENNSYLVANIA LINKS!This VIDEO was Created as Part ofThe Historical New York Times ProjectatCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania It is Narrated by

Rae Andrew ReddDirector of Library Systems

Waynesburg College (now University)Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

Corporal (now Sergeant) Company A of the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves

38th Pa. Volunteer InfantryA Civil War Reenactment Unit from Carnegie, Pennsylvania

Video Viewing Instructions: Right Click on Screen Black Sceen Select “Play Movie” from the Drop Down Screen

Current Photo of Civil War Reenactor,

Sgt. Redd:

Gettysburg, Little Round Top Flag of Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves

July 5, 2009

Allegheny Arsenal:Lawrenceville, PA. 

Munitions used in the War of 1812, the Mexican Warand the American Civil War were turned out from the Allegheny Arsenal in Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania

“Excitement at Pittsburgh”

An Introduction to Analyzing a Primary Source Document and

Understanding Pennsylvania's Link to the

American Civil War…

FYI: Soldiers and Sailors Military Museum and Memorial is the largest memorial in the U.S. dedicated solely to honoring all branches of veterans and service personnel.It was conceived in the 1890s as a way for Pittsburgh to honor American Civil War Soldiers.

…Through the Close Reading and

Careful Interpretation of a

Newspaper Article

HOW TO CLIMB THE LADDER OF

KNOWLEDGE AND REACH GREATER

UNDERSTANDING

OUR KEYS TO SUCCESS

BASEMENT LEVEL: (Hey! We have to start somewhere! Only one way to go from here: UP!)

We are currently hanging out at the same place: AT THE BOTTOM OF THE KNOWLEDGE LADDERWhere we may not understand one thing about this assignment or the document we

will read, analyze and interpret. You may be CONFUSED here! Don’t worry! You will understand!

You may be worried that you can’t do this:

YES, YOU CAN!

You may think that you can fake it and just pretend to try:

NO, YOU CAN’T!

ROOF TOP LEVEL: (Hey! We have to set goals! Let’s PROGRESS up the ladder…it’s the American

way!)

We will reach theTOP OF THE

KNOWLEDGE LADDER

Where, after following each of the steps and using each of the keys, we will gain a clear view (AND

UNDERSTANDING) of an event in Pennsylvania and its relationship to the beginning, middle, end or aftermath of the

American Civil War. We will increase our reading comprehension and thereby improve our ability to analyze text and interpret its meaning.

We reached our goal and have climbed out of the basement of confusion!

….May I Remind You…

You may be worried that you can’t do this:

YES, YOU CAN!

You may think that you can fake it and

just pretend to try: NO, YOU CAN’T!

HOW???Think of this list of materials as the tools

YOU’LL use.

They are like the individual rungs on the ladder…

YOU will need to use each of the tools

to steadily progress up each rung to reach YOUR goal: UNDERSTANDING

THE MEANING OF WHAT YOU ARE READING.

(They are your KEYS to success!)

YOUR TOOL KIT: (YOUR KEYS TO SCALING THE LADDER OF KNOWLEDGE, CLIMBING OUT OFTHE BASEMENT OF CONFUSION, AND ACHIEVINGYOUR GOAL: REACHING THE ROOFTOP OF UNDERSTANDING!)

The next slide is a complete list of the assignment handouts (you’ll get all of them tomorrow.)

You will need to complete and return all of them to me in the order in which they are listed.

I will evaluate your completed handouts to determine whether you’ve reached the goal of understanding and interpreting the Primary Source Document, “EXCITEMENT IN PITTSBURGH.”

From your completed work, I need to be able to determine what YOU THINK about the article. I will also use your completed handouts to evaluate your effort.

TOOL KIT: KEYS FOR A SUCCESSFUL CLIMB FROM THE BASEMENT OF CONFUSION TO THE ROOFTOP OF UNDERSTANDING

1. “Excitement at Pittsburgh” Vocabulary Building Chart

2. Guide to Analyzing Pennsylvania’s Connection to the American Civil War through Primary Sources: A Newspaper Article

3. I am the Journalist: Writing the Story in My Own Words

4. Ladder List Have You Completed Every Step? As you complete a Tool Kit handout, check it off your Ladder List.

5. Historic Newspaper Article (Primary Source Document -- with highlighted words that I don’t know.)

6. Article Evaluation Rubric (Stapled to back of tool kit, facing OUT so I can read it when I turn your Took Kit over.)

ARE YOU GETTING THE IDEA?

IT IS YOUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLETE THE HANDOUTS (TOOLS) SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO

THE TOP OF THE LADDER!

***NO ONE CAN CLIMB THE LADDER FOR YOU!***

ONLY YOU CAN DETERMINE YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS!

TO BE VERY CLEAR:YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE STEPS YOU

TAKE…THE RUNGS YOU CLIMB!

NOTE: If you aren’t paying close attention to assignment requirements, you may miss a rung and lose the progress you

may have already made! NO BACKSLIDING!This isn’t “Chutes and Ladders”!

THIS IS YOUR LADDER TO SUCCESS

I did! I will. I can. I think I can. I might. I think I might. I could. I wish I could. I don’t know how. I can’t.I won’t.

To be successful, you have to BELIEVE that YOU CAN DO THIS!

You Have to put your HEART into PENNSYLVANIA and AMERICAN HISTORY

and PENNSYLVANIA AND AMERICAN HISTORY into your HEART!

NOT THIS!

TO CONCLUDE TODAY’S LESSON, HERE IS A LINE FROM THE TEXT YOU WILL ANALYZE TOMORROW:

!!!

"Allegheny Arsenal in Civil War"

Cited Sources for Images Used in this PowerPoint

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Respectfully Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements

for Completion of Millersville University HIST 510

by

Bonnie Jarbeck-KlineGraduate Student in

American StudiesPenn State Harrisburg

Teacher8th Grade American HistoryGood Hope Middle School

Cumberland Valley School DistrictMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

August 6, 2009