Civil War Letter Assignment
Letter Writing
• Break you up into pairs (boy/girl).
• Write a letter to one other.
• If you’re male, pretend you are a soldier in the army or
an army doctor.
-Explain your everyday life, the battles you’ve been in, the
awful things you have seen, & tell the person how much
you miss them.
• If you are a female, pretend you are back home. What
are you doing? Taking care of the farm or business,
working in a factory, or working as a nurse?
-Explain the things you have seen, the struggles you are
enduring, and how much you miss them.
Any date, 1862
• Dear___________,
• In over a hundred words write, use your notes
and textbook to create your letter.
• The second letter will connect more because you
will exchange and read the first letter.
With Love,
Your Name
Examples: Textbook pages 636-637 and 384.
Response to Letter, 2nd Letter
• Exchange letter with your partner and
respond to the letter.
-If your partner didn’t write a letter don’t
worry, continue to write to them (many
didn’t receive letters due to many reasons).
• Use what you learned today to have
something to write about.
• 100 words, date this letter 1863.
3rd Civil War Letter
• Exchange your second letter with your
partner and respond to the letter.
-If your partner didn’t write a letter don’t
worry, continue to write to them (many
didn’t receive letters due to many reasons).
• Use what you learned today to have
something to write about.
• 100 words, date this letter 1864.
4th Civil War Letter
• Write a forth letter to your partner.
-If your partner didn’t write a letter don’t
worry, continue to write to them (many
didn’t receive letters due to many reasons).
• Write about the end of the war.
-Plans for the future.
-Reflect on the pass four years of this horrible
war.
• 100 words, date this letter 1865.
• Letters are due next week, FEB. 27, 2013