A truly amazing website that has actual letters to and from soldiers at war over 200 years ago. Students can choose from letters on enlisting, comforts of home, love, combat and the end of war. Letters are written from friends, family members and loved ones. There is one set of letters from old friends who were fighting against each other in the Civil War.
The letters are shown with the original handwriting and all. A great feature of this website is that when you scroll over each sentence the handwriting turns to print making it easier to read.
My students couldn't believe how long it took someone to get a letter back then since the dates are included.
STATE GOAL 2: Read and understand literature representative of various societies, eras and ideas.
B. Read and interpret a variety of literary works.
2.B.1a Respond to literary materials by connecting them to their own experience and communicate those responses to others.
STATE GOAL 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations.
A. Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.
16.A.1a Explain the difference between past, present and future time; place themselves in time.
16.A.2a Read historical stories and determine events which influenced their writing.
16.A.1b Ask historical questions and seek out answers from historical sources (e.g., myths, biographies, stories, old photographs, artwork, other visual or electronic sources).
16.A.1c Describe how people in different times and places viewed the world in different ways.
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