CIVIL WAR TRADING CARDS
DUE DATE:
For this assignment you will be making a set of Civil War trading cards. You will choose six (6) topics (one for
each card). The front of the card will have a picture, name, and if applicable, the Union or Confederacy. On the
back you will write a “mini essay” about the topic telling about it and its significance in the Civil War. The “mini
essay” will have to be cited (telling me where you get your information).
Front of Card Must Contain:
[ ] – Picture of the person/battle
[ ] – Name of person/battle
[ ] – Union or Confederacy (leader or victory)
Back of Card: MINI ESSAY
[ ] – A paragraph (6-8 sentences) about the topic
(Who/What is it and what is the significance in the war?)
[ ] – Written in YOUR OWN WORDS (NO COPY AND PASTING! PLAGIARISM = 0 pts.)
[ ] – Websites may be used for all six of your topics, or you may use books from the library.
[ ] – Citation (Where you got your information from)
Website: Copy and paste the title of the website below each paragraph.
Example: http://americancivilwar.com/ or www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
***PLEASE USE A WEBSITE OTHER THAN WIKIPEDIA***
Books: Author. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Example: Dunn, Patrick. Dunn’s Totally Awesome Book. Mesa: Skyline Press, 2012
TOPICS:
1. Must include four people (two from each column):
Union:
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Phillip Sheridan
William T. Sherman
George McClellan
Robert Anderson
George Custer
George Meade
William Rosecrans
Confederacy:
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Pierre Beauregard
James Longstreet
George Pickett
Braxton Bragg
Joseph Johnston
John Hood
2. Must choose two battles:
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Pea Ridge
Battle of First Bull Run (Manassas)
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Wilderness/Spotsylvania
Appomattox Courthouse
***You may type or handwrite, in your best penmanship, the mini-essays***
NAME: ____________________________________
HOUR: ________
Civil War Trading Cards Rubric
Card #1
YOUR PTS TOTAL PTS
Picture
3
Title
2
Union/Confederacy
2
Paragraph / Facts
7
Works Cited
1
TOTAL:
_________/
15
Card #2
YOUR PTS TOTAL PTS
Picture
3
Title
2
Union/Confederacy
2
Paragraph / Facts
7
Works Cited
1
TOTAL:
_________/
15
Card #3
YOUR PTS TOTAL PTS
Picture
3
Title
2
Union/Confederacy
2
Paragraph / Facts
7
Works Cited
1
TOTAL:
_________/
15
Card #4
YOUR PTS TOTAL PTS
Picture
3
Title
2
Union/Confederacy
2
Paragraph / Facts
7
Works Cited
1
TOTAL:
_________/
15
Card #5
YOUR PTS TOTAL PTS
Picture
3
Title
2
Union/Confederacy
2
Paragraph / Facts
7
Works Cited
1
TOTAL:
_________/
15
Card #6
YOUR PTS TOTAL PTS
Picture
3
Title
2
Union/Confederacy
2
Paragraph / Facts
7
Works Cited
1
TOTAL:
_________/
15
POINTS: _______/90
Civil War Trading Cards Formatting
File: Page Set-up (Please recognize the decimal point)
Top - .3
Bottom - .5
Left - .3
Right - .3
Format: Columns
Select 2 columns and then reduce spacing to 0 (the width should have moved to 3.95”)
Press and Hold Enter
Stop once you get to the bottom of the right hand column on page 2. Now you can use your
mouse to click between the columns on both pages.
Miscellaneous Information
On the other side of this paper, I have provided an example of the front of the cards. In order for
your paragraphs to match-up with your photos when you glue them together, you must type the
information in the column opposite the photo.
You may simply copy and paste the photos onto page 1. The example of the photos that I
have provided for you are in this order:
Top: Robert E. Lee
Battle of Gettysburg
4”
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
8”
Siege of Vicksburg
“Stonewall” Jackson
For the information to match-up when you glue it together, it should be typed in this order:
Top: Battle of Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee
4”
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
8”
“Stonewall” Jackson
Siege of Vicksburg