CIVIL WAR RESCUE
Grade:  Five
Section:  IDPT/003
Date: 11-16-98
By:  Melissa Patterson 
       Amanda Jones 
       Lyndsi Wells
       Molly Oesterling
CONTEXT:  The context of this project is on the Civil War and how 
soldiers worked together to protect each other.  This was a problem during wars when soldiers were wounded and needed transportation off of the battle field.		 SUBJECT AREAS:
Technology:  Transportation, Construction
Academic:  History, Literature

OBJECTIVES:
  • Students will be able to work cooperatively in groups to create their models.
  • The students will be able to experiment with a variety of materials to discover what works best.
  • Students will be motivated to learn more about history and the Civil War.
  • The students will be able to evaluate each model to discover what works best.

FEEDBACK:
Verbally discuss the models that were made and relate them to real life situations during the Civil War.  The teacher will display the finished models in a school display case.  There will also be a bulletin board created by the class dealing with the Civil War. 

 
CHALLENGE:  After listening to the story, Pink and Say, students will be given a set of materials to create a mode of transportation for a wounded soldier to be carried off of the field.  The design must be able to carry  a miniature figure, which represents a soldier.  Each team will evaluate all of the models to decide which model works best.

PROCEDURE:
DAY 1
1.  Read the story, Pink and Say to the whole class.
2.  Explain to the students that they are fighting in the Civil War and they approach a soldier who is wounded.  It is their job to make a mode of transportation to carry the soldier to the nearest First Aid Center.
3.  Divide the class into small groups.
4.  Provide each group with the materials listed.
5.  Allow students 30 minutes to create their models.
6.  Teacher will collect all of the models.
DAY 2
1.  Each student will evaluate all of the models.
2.  Discuss the project with the whole class.

EVALUATION:  Each student will evaluate all of the models in the class to see which model would work best.  The teacher will evaluate by the completion of the project and the effort displayed by the students.

 
RESOURCES:
1.  The book, Pink and Say, by Patricia Polacco
2. http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/
    Companies/Publishing/History/American_Civil
    _War/
3. 5th grade history textbook		 MATERIALS:
sticks, twigs, clothing, rope, pocket knife, toilet paper rolls (logs), glue (mud), playdough (mud)
REDESIGN:
The whole class will collaborate to see which model works the best and a life size model will be made.  This will be a whole class design and displayed in the classroom.

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