Middle school history students had created information projects to learn about the Civil War. The students researched a new technology from the war, described how it works, how it was invented, how it was used, and then created a model or diagram of the item.
Projects covered a wide-range of items including firearms, medical technology (anesthesia mask), telegraphs (first time they were used for war), trains (first time they were used for war), improved methods of triage for medicine (prioritizing care for more severely wounded), and the famous ironclad ships (USS Monitor and CSS Virginia).
“Students were enthusiastic to research the technology and how it functioned during the Civil War. They gained a deeper understanding and realization of how the technology of the time impacted a critical war,” said teacher David Springfield.