Primary Source Activities: Coxy's Army
Author: Cynthia L. Jones
Grade(s): 6
Description
Allow students, in groups or individually, to examine the primary source linked under Resources to the right, while answering the questions below in order. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.
Level I: Description
1. List four things that you see in this photographic print.
Level II: Interpretation
1. What evidence in the photographic print indicates a date or time period?
2. Who do you think this group of people in the photographic print are?
Level III: Analysis
1. What inferences are you able to make about the purpose of the group of people?
2. Are there any other pictures or paintings you have seen that would be similar to this photographic print?
Standards
- History 9-10, Benchmark B: Explain the social, political and economic effects of industrialization.
- Indicator: Grade 10, GLI 1. Explain the effects of industrialization in the United States in the 19th century including: a. Changes in work and the workplace.
