TIME-TRAVEL SPY GUIDEBOOK
TIME-TRAVEL SPY GUIDEBOOK
Your mission as a time-travel spy is to travel the globe through time to collect items which are representative of the era and its events. Choosing the best artifacts is one of the most difficult jobs of the time-travel spy. Your commander likes to see a variety of items which represent the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of the time. It is not always possible to obtain or create an artifact which accurately portrays this, so you are required to keep a journal or write a memorandum which can include many of these details.
The following table contains a list of ideas, suggestions,
and formats for the artifacts. As you and your team choose items
to include in the time capsule, use as many categories as you can to make
the capsule visually interesting as well as meaningful. To ensure
that your commander understands what each artifact is, how it was used,
and its significance during the Civil War era, include a brief written
explanation with each artifact. By the way...your commander is deathly
afraid of weapons and will take away your travel privileges if you arrive
back with a real one. Make sure that if you include weapons in your
time-travel capsule, that they are only in drawing, photograph or model
format.
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| Oral or Written Report | Newspaper article, Pamphlet, Interview, Personal Letter, Obituary,
Poem,
Journal or Memorandum (required) |
| Statistics
Cause and Effect Categorizing |
Graphs or charts, timeline, examples of technology |
| Visual Aids
Representation |
Scrapbook, Photograph, Stamps, Currency, Clothing, Tools, Painting, Drawing, Weapon (model, drawing or photo only), Mural/Allegory, Map(s), Quilt |
| Hands-on Learning, Drama, Sports, Dance | Create a 3-D map or model (battle, building, town, etc.), Equipment or paraphernalia from sports, games, recreation, popular dances of the time |
| Musical Interpretation | Include Popular Civil War Song Lyrics or Sheet Music, Poem |
| Working with other people | Examples of Daily Living, Military, Politics, Religion, Debate, Interview |
| Looking within yourself to produce the presentation | Presenting ideas in journal format or memorandum simulating each character's experience (required) |
| Nature study, ecological awareness, care of animals | Include geographical features, livestock, crops, food (could be included in journal or model) |
Veteran spies compare notes and learn from each other, adding new artifacts to their list.
SPY ARTIFACT WORKSHEET
Time capsules provide vital glimpses into history. As time-travel spies you have made capsules before, but you need to refresh your knowledge and get tips for making them before each trip.
Things to keep in mind as you collect your artifacts:
How big is your time capsule? Will all of your artifacts fit inside? Remember to measure and calculate.
Will your artifacts help your commander understand what your assigned moment in time was like?
Did you include any artifacts that explain or show what
your character's life was like?
Slave
Primary Sources:
Maryland slave
Slave narratives
Frederick
Douglass
Secondary Sources:
Overview
of slavery
Confederate Military
Primary Sources:
General Beauregard
Sam
Watkins Tally
Simpson
Secondary Sources:
Soldiers'
lives Soldiers
and disease Typical
Confederate soldier
Union Military
Primary Sources:
George
W. Beidelman Capt.
Thomas Cobb Alan
Hurvey Newton
Scott
Secondary Sources:
Soldiers'
lives African
American Soldiers Union
soldier overview
Politician (South)
Primary Sources:
Robert
E. Lee Jefferson
Davis 1 Jefferson
Davis 2
Secondary Sources:
Robert
E. Lee Bio Jefferson
Davis Bio
Politician (North)
Primary Sources:
State of NY
Assembly, 1861 Lincoln's
Speech, April 1865
Secondary Sources:
Emancipation
Proclamation
Plantation Owner
Primary Sources:
Plantation
Rules 1 Plantation
rules 2
Secondary Sources:
Plantations and Slavery
Female Citizen
(South)
Primary Sources:
Alice Williamson
Carrie
Berry Nancy
Emerson Rose
Greenhow
Kate
Cumming
Sarah E. Cummings
Secondary Sources:
Southern Women
Female
Spies Hearts
at Home Women
Soldiers
Civil War Nurses
Women and
Medicine
Female Citizen
(North)
Primary Sources:
Catharine
Hunsecker
Secondary Sources:
Women of the Underground
Railroad African
American Women Nurses
Women
soldiers
Abolitionist
Primary Sources:
Abolitionists
Secondary Sources:
Battle
for Abolition
Free African-American
Primary Sources:
Frederick
Douglass' Escape
Secondary Sources:
Underground
Railroad 1 Underground
Railroad 2 African
Americans in the North
Examples of Artifacts
Smithsonian
maps
interactive
photos confederate
money flags
weapons
photographs
Confederate
poetry obituary
music
poetry
and art Union
Songs Confederate
Songs