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PROGRAM DATES
Spring 2008: Programs will be held March 24 to May 23, 2008.
Fall 2008: Programs will be available from September 22 to October 31, 2008.
Gettysburg Student Program Reservation Request Form 2007-2008 (pdf)
CORE PROGRAMS
Care of the Wounded
Purpose: To show the damaging effects of the Civil War upon soldiers and civilian life as seen through the eyes of an army doctor. To present the function and operation of the Union Army Medical Department.
Grades: 5 to 12 Class size: 30 max./10 min.
Length: two hours
Procedure: Students will participate in discussion/activities which demonstrate the function ad operation of the Army Medical Department, including the set up of a temporary field hospital on a civilian farm. Physical activities include walking, sitting and carrying.
Impact of War: The Slyder Farm Family
Purpose: To focus on a farm family that lived in Gettysburg at the time of the battle and the impact the war had on both civilians and soldiers. The program will introduce students to 19th Century farming practices and to the townspeople of Gettysburg, before, during and after the great battle.
Grades: 5 to 8
Class size: 30 max./10 min.
Length: two hours
Procedure: Students will hike approximately 1/4 mile down a trail on the western slope of Big Round Top to the Slyder Farm. Several students will roleplay the Slyder family and others will portray the soldiers they encountered on July 2, 1863.
Civil War Soldier
Purpose: To present the motives for joining the Union Army and the hard, unpleasant, dangerous, and often boring life of a soldier during the Civil War.
Grades: 2 to 6
Class size: 35 max./10 min.
Length: two hours
Procedure: Students will participate in discussion/activities that present the training, equipment, life and feelings of the volunteer soldiers. Physical activity involves running, walking, sitting, and standing in formation.
Note: This program is NOT recommended for students who have participated in the Traveling Trunk program, since the purposes and equipment are similar.
Pickett's Charge
Purpose: To examine the experiences and emotions of the Southern soldiers in battle, using the words of actual participants in "Pickett's Charge".
Grades: 5 to 12
Class size: 35 max./10 min.
Length: two hours
Procedure: Students will walk in formation across the field of Pickett's Charge, approximately one mile in length, replaying the roles of individual soldiers. Group unity and participation are stressed throughout the activities. The program makes use of firsthand accounts of the action, including the soldiers feelings and reactions during this sobering event.
Unfinished Work: Creation and Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
Purpose: To convey the significance and relevance of the Gettysburg Address and the Gettysburg Soldiers' National Cemetery. To present the battle of Gettysburg from the perspective of its aftermath, destruction and re-building.
Grades: 8 to 12
Class size: 35 max./10 min.
Length: two hours
Procedure: Students will participate in small group activities that simulate the process of soldier identification following the Gettysburg battle. They will then read the letters of ten soldiers buried in the cemetery and analyze their contents with Lincoln's Gettysburg Address sentiments.
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