The Battle of Gettysburg The Turning Point of the Civil War

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The Battle of GettysburgThe Turning Point of the
Civil War

• July 1-3, 1863

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Blue and Gray Leaders at gettysburg

• General George G.Meade

• General Robert E. Lee

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Resources

• Websites that the students searched for And
  pasted in a Microsoft document pertaining to
  Gettysburg

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The documents are ready to bind for a resource
book
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dioramas

• Web site search for info about an encounter
  during the battle

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Materials used

• Boxes paints sand paper
• rocks paper scissors
• twigs clay Playdough
• grass legos soldiers
• cannons weapons
• glue rubber cement
• straw flag cloth

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July 1, 1863

• McPhersons Ridge
• Buford, Meredith, Cutler from the Union forced
  the Confederates to retreat back to Herr Ridge
  and reform Then Heths division aided the South
  and forced a retreat from the ridge to the
  Seminary.

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July 2, 1863

• Campsite
• Col. Chamberlain and a few of his soldiers
  resting and caring for the wounded. They wash
  their wounds in plum run (bloody run) Creek.
  However, they are still watching for the enemy.

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July 3, 1863

• Picketts charge
• the confederate surged toward cemetary ridge.
  The Union held their position at the top and
  fired down on the confederates, killing all of
  Picketts regiment.

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Our ReenactmentMay 4, 2000
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Civil war soldiers relating their experiences
during the battle of gettysburg
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With another year of experience we expanded the
reenactment by adding 3 more stations.This was
the Confederate site
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Confederate appareland then marching formation
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Womens roleduring the civil war an excellent
addition to the program

• Caring for a home children
• Mending knitting
• baking
• clothing styles
• education

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President Abe lincolnhe told about the
presidents Life and recited the Gettysburg
address
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ContestBest costumes for the union
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Best costumes confederates
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Lovely ladies
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Traveling to gettysburg from Washington,d.c.Mapq
uest
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Mapquest.com

• Cassie typed in
• the addresses to and from for the mileage and
  time information to each destination.

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The forecast in gettysburg is...

• Surfing the internet is helpful when needing to
  know the weather.com in another area of the
  country.

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Live!! We were there on May 20, 2000
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Our thoughts about the battle field

• Alpha Smarts

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The End !!Were still best of friends