| Classroom
Activities:
Art
Science
Social Studies
Grades: 4 - 12
Objectives:
Students will analyze the
ecosystems of a Northern Hardwood Forest and a Southern Hardwood Forest.
Materials:
Identification books, poster board,
markers, old magazines, glue, scissors |
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Nothing Looks the Same
Background:
During the summer of 1863, Confederate soldiers
were fighting in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Union soldiers surrounded Vicksburg,
Mississippi. The common soldier of the Civil War experienced places they had only heard or
read about. Many of these soldiers had never been away from their farm or community and
were now walking the length and breadth of America. The landforms, and many of the plants
and animals, were things they had never seen before. One Union soldier at Vicksburg spent
hours watching the alligators in the bayous.
Method:
Students will research the plants and animals
found in Mississippi and Pennsylvania. Students will create two charts using pictures or
text. One chart will show which species were different, the second chart will show which
were similar. The class can be divided into teams; each team research a species.
Possible species to compare:
Trees
Wildflowers
Birds
Reptiles
Mammals
* Remember the year was 1863;
therefore, kudzu doesn't count!!!
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