National Park Service LogoU.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Park Service
National Park Service: U.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park Service Arrowhead
 
 
Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Petersburg National BattlefieldPeriod drawing of artillery being fired at siege of Petersbrug
view map
text size:largestlargernormal
printer friendly
Petersburg National Battlefield
Curriculum Materials

curriculum materials includes:

Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides
 
 

Lesson Plans

Teachers will find the following lesson plans useful for teaching units about the Civil War. While the lessons are designed to accompany the field trips to the Battlefield, they can also be used independently. All lesson plans are designed to fulfill certain Virginia Standards of Learning Objectives. Teachers can use the information presented in these lesson plans to accomodate varying grade levels.


Curriculum Resources

Along with materials provided in the lesson plans the links below serve as additional teaching tools.

Maps of Petersburg

Flags of the Civil War

Songs of the Civil War

Biographies of Participants in the Siege

 

 
Charles Dimmock, Architect of the Petersburg defense line.  

Did You Know?
From the summer of 1862 until the spring of 1863, Confederate Captain Charles Dimmock appealed to slaveholders to hire their enslaved people, and also hired free black laborers to dig the ten-mile defense line around the City of Petersburg. The defenses became known as the Dimmock Line.

Disclaimer Accessibility Privacy Policy FOIA Notices USA.gov

Last Updated: May 13, 2009 at 10:43 EST