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AND AMERICAN
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04 Welcome
06 Elementary Teacher Resources
08 Middle School Teacher Resources
10 High School Resources
12 Elementary Choice Board
13 Secondary Choice Board
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Cyclorama and American
Citizenship: The Case of
American Identity
The Cyclorama and American Citizenship: The Case of American Identity
Tour invites students to become historical detectives who uncover the
missing voices of history and restore these voices to our shared historical
understanding. It has three independent components that work best when
paired together into a series of lessons.
1. An asynchronous, pop up Clue Book (Genially) that uses historical
theatre, games, and timelines to immerse students in an investigation
into American identity. Students will learn about The Battle of Atlanta
cyclorama, a large-scale painting of a turning point of the Civil War,
and the women and Black Americans it leaves out. You will receive a
temporary link to this resource upon scheduling your tour.
2. A synchronous Virtual Field Trip that features two twenty-first century
depictions of American identity for students to examine and compare to
the version of American identity that the Cyclorama features.
3. A choice board that empowers students as creators and encourages
them to continue the discussions they begin with their Educational
Facilitators in the Live Tour. Flipgrid, an educational video platform, will
enable students to share their projects and ideas on American identity
with their peers who participate in the Tour.
Overview of Standards
— Content Standards Find Georgia Performance Standards for Social
Studies 3rd-12th grades for the three components of the Tour.
— Skill-based Find Common Core Standards for Literacy/ Reading
Informational Text (3-5), Speaking and Listening (3-12), Literacy/History
and Social Studies Reading Comprehension & Writing (6-12), and Visual
Art Georgia Standards of Excellence (3-8) addressed in the three
components of the Tour.
— Elementary
— Middle
— High
— Social Emotional Competencies Find Core Social Emotional Learning
Competencies addressed in the three components of the Tour.
Prior to Your Virtual Tour
Before the Live Virtual Tour, students should use a Genially-produced Clue
Book to consider how the meaning of American identity has changed over
time. They will examine the Cyclorama and the experiences of Mary Bowser,
a union spy, and Henry McNeal Turner, a chaplain in the United States
Colored Troops and state legislator during Reconstruction.
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Genially is software that delivers interactive content. It uses buttons,
clickable symbols, and layered content to appeal to diverse learners.
Differentiate and supplement the Clue Book
— To help scaffold for various reading levels, connect students to Immersive
Reader. They will need a free Microsoft Education Account.
— The Atlanta History Center has developed and curated resources to make
the Clue Book engaging for all your learners and inspire your class to
continue investigating the issues, individuals, and topics that the Clue
Book covers.
Elementary (Grades 3–5)
Middle School (Grades 6–8)
High School (Grades 9–12)
During the Virtual Tour
— The Live Tour features The National Memorial of Peace and Justice that
honors the thousands of Americans that lost their lives through lynching.
Our Adult Guide provides resources for parents and teachers to help
support students before and after the Tour.
— Students should use the chat function to respectfully engage with
Educational Facilitators. They can voice their questions in the chat.
Throughout the Live Tour, Facilitators will ask all students to answer
two types of questions in the chat: one word descriptors to capture
their emotional reactions to artifacts and extended responses on their
interpretation of artifacts. Facilitators would appreciate it if all students
participate practicing complete sentence usage when possible for
extended response questions. At the end of the tour, students will receive
a link to a discussion on Flipgrid, an educational video platform, for
students to add their reactions and interact with other students who
have participated in the Tour.
After the Virtual Tour
Assign students a choice board so they can process and share their ideas
with their peers that participate in the Clue Book and Virtual Tour.
Elementary
Secondary
For Teachers and Students Who Still Want More
— Come to the Atlanta History Center to see the Cyclorama and our Civil
War exhibit Turning Points.
— Explore the War in our Backyards a virtual exhibit that details the role
Atlanta played in the Civil War, Any Great Change: The Centennial of
the 19th Amendment, a digital presentation of the special exhibition
that is on view at the Atlanta History Center, and Civil War in Georgia,
an animated map for military enthusiasts that traces troop movement
across Georgia from May 1864-1865.
— Schedule another tour or check out our Characters in the Classroom
and Traveling Trunks programs.
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Before You Begin the Clue Book
Review the Civil War, its consequences, and how Americans remember it.
— The American Civil War Clarendon Learning provides a 7 video minute
overview.
— Overview of Civil War Scholastic offers a brief reading & timeline.
Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Guides
— Clue Book Comprehension Questions to help students interact with the
video elements within the Club Book.
— Clue Book Vocabulary Guide and Quizlet of these words can be used as
the basis of a variety of word work
— Read along transcript to Animated Super Spies Comic
— Animated Super Spies Comic Comprehension and Vocabulary
— Quest of the USCT Game Guide to encourage students to think about the
artifacts, individuals, and events that they will encounter in the game.
Extend Learning
Black Citizenship
— Enslaved People in the War Primary source images of Black Americans
who fought or worked for the Union Army with discussion questions from
Teaching Tolerance
— Teaching Tolerance offers a variety of elementary text with
comprehension questions: Jarah Botello, Meet Hiram Rhodes Revels (first
Black Senator) Barbara Spindel, Frederick Douglas, & Doreen Rappaport,
The Story of Suzie King Taylor
— “Why Would Someone Refuse to Celebrate the Fourth of July” Library
Congress’s History Mysteries series guides students to analyze Frederick
Douglass’s 1852 July 5, speech.
— Newsela articles and text sets with comprehension activities at multiple
reading levels: What everyone should know about Reconstruction 150
years after the 15th Amendment’s ratification,“Conflict, Change & Belief
Systems Of The Civil War & Reconstruction,” “Ida B. Wells, “Lynching,
Our National Crime,” “What we don’t learn about the Black Panther
Party—but should,”
Women’s Citizenship
— Seneca Falls and Suffrage National Women’s History Museum provides
a lesson centered on comics about the Seneca Falls Convention &
leading activists.
— Map: States grant women the right to vote The National Constitution
Center shows which states granted suffrage prior to 19th amendment
— Newsela articles with comprehension activities at multiple reading levels:
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“Women’s Roles and Rights in the 1800s,” “The civil rights movement
often overlooks its black women heroes,” “The History of the 19th
Amendment,” “The 1915 map that helped all women get the vote,”
“‘Our voices carry weight’: Young women of color lead activist charge,”
& “What is intersectionality?”
Modern Citizenship
— Newsela articles with comprehension activities at multiple reading levels on
topics addressed in Timeline: “California was a free state. But there was still
slavery. Now reparations are on the table.,” “PRO/CON: Is it time to allow
America’s huge prison population to vote?,” “Supreme Court makes history
with 5-4 gay marriage equality ruling,” “Supreme Court rejects Trump bid
to end young immigrants’ protections,” & “Justices rule swath of Oklahoma
remains tribal reservation.”
Lost Cause & Memory
— Newsela articles with comprehension activities at multiple reading levels:
“Civil War lessons often depend on where the classroom is,” “Plaques
explain the history and racism behind Confederate statues”
— Confronting History, Transforming Monuments Facing History and
Ourselves uses Richmond’s 60 foot monument to General Lee to discuss
the controversy surrounding Confederate monuments
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Background
Civil War Text Set COMMONLIT curates a collection of primary and
secondary sources at the 6th–11th grade reading levels with comprehension
and discussion based activities.
Guidance
Text-based and inference questions to encourage students’ comprehension
and interpretation of the concepts addressed in the Clue Book.
Extend Learning
Fighting for Full Citizenship
— Susie King Taylor Library of Congress curates excerpts from Taylor’s
memoir Reminiscences of My Life in Camp that document her life as
an enslaved child, nurse, teacher, and Black woman after the War
— The Reconstruction Era and The Fragility of Democracy Video Series
Facing History and Ourselves provides seven video based lessons on
this Era and its legacy
— Diary of Sergeant Major Christian A. Fleetwood brief biography & seven
short diary entries from 1864 that document segregation of troops &
discomfort of soldiers’ existence
— The African American Experience at Arlington National Cemetery a
database of lessons that analyze the Black soldier’s experience until
WWII & the effects of the Civil War of Black Americans lives
— Give Women the Vote? Analyzing Suffrage Propaganda NewsEd primary
source based investigation
— Background on Women’s Suffrage Stanford History Education Group
primary source investigation that includes background slideshow
— Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence Digital museum exhibition
with selections from the Smithsonian exhibit that highlight the evolution
of the suffrage movement and addresses the racism that Black
suffragists faced
In World Studies
— Interactive Defenders Map and accompanying Educator’s Guide features
stories of human rights activists from around the world
— International Timeline of Women Suffrage New Zealand offers concise,
comprehensive timeline of women’s suffrage worldwide that could inspire
students’ further investigations
— Britain’s monument culture obscures a violent history of white supremacy
and colonial violence The Conversation provides a short overview of the
monument debate in the British context
— Atatürk and Women’s Rights in Turkey Stanford History Education Group
provides a slide show, lesson plan, and primary & secondary sources
so that students can examine the effects of the expansion of women’s
8 citizenship in Turkey after WWITable of — What should South Africa do with its monuments to apartheid? Examine
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the struggle over memory in the South African context.
Lost Cause & Memory
— How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history Vox video explains how
the United Daughters of the Confederacy influenced depictions of the
Civil War and Antebellum Era.
— Graven Image: Stone Mountain and Historical Memory—Who Defines the
Past? A series of lessons on the contested past of the Stone Mountain
Carving and Park, historical memory, and the role of monuments play in
shaping American identity.
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Background
— Civil War and Reconstruction through Maps Vox provides 37 maps that
explain the Civil War and its consequences
— John Green’s Crash Course U.S. History # 20-22 provide a rapid spitfire
analysis of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Guidance
— Transform the Clue Book into an opportunity for class discussion. Use
these guided questions and strategies to inspire you and your students.
Extend Learning
Citizenship & Representation
— Women’s Suffrage, Racism and Intersectionality This Anti-Defamation
League designed lesson demonstrates the role racism played in the
women’s suffragist movement and uses the concept of intersectionality
to highlight how racism compounded the sexism Black women faced.
— “Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written.
Black Americans have fought to make them true” This article from
the New York Times 1619 Project & the accompanying Quizlet will help
students understand the evolution of Black citizenship.
— Thomas Nast’s Political Cartoons primary source investigation from the
Stanford History Education Group on evolving Northern conceptions of
Black citizenship over the Reconstruction Era
— Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow Curriculum a series of lessons
that the New York Historical Society designed to accompany an
exhibition
— The Battle Over Reconstruction: The Aftermath of War activities that
expose students to a variety of evidence & provide them a framework
to analyze changing conceptions of American citizenship during
Reconstruction
Globalize
— Colonization and Emigration lesson that provides students materials
to debate the goals of the American Colonization Society which Mary
Bowser, Elizabeth Van Lew, and Christian Abraham Fleetwood supported.
— “How to make Amends” helps students look at reparations through a
global lens.
— “A New Confederate Battle Flag in Brazil” Terrence McCoy examines the
legacy of the American slave owners who migrated to Brazil after the
Civil War. Known as Confederados, these families & their descendents
show how the Lost Cause myth has gained international resonance.
— “‘Apartheid and Jim Crow are really no different.” Morgan Winsor
compares Apartheid to Jim Crow and tracks their long lasting effects
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— Confederate Monuments and Their Removal Anti-Defamation offers
a lesson that focuses on New Orleans’ 2017 decision to remove four
Confederate monuments.
— W.E.B. Du Bois, “The Propaganda of History” Facing History and
Ourselves provides an excerpt and reading from DuBois’s 1935 Black
Reconstruction that documents the effects of the Lost Cause & offers an
explanation for its popularity.
— “Black Students and Educators at Confederate-Named Schools” an
article from Teaching Tolerance demonstrates the personal effects of
the Lost Cause .
— How the Lost Cause Became American History video produced by the
Washington Post explains the Lost Cause narrative, its rise, and its
continuing legacy.
— How and why has the meaning of the Cyclorama changed? Document
Based Question that guides students to use primary and secondary
documents to analyze the ways that the Battle of Atlanta cyclorama
reflects changing attitudes toward the Civil War. This Comprehension
Guide can assist students’ analysis.
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Directions Start with number 5 and then make two other choices to make your
tic-tac-toe. All activities would work as group or individual assignments.
1 2 3
Make an animated comic like Of the artifacts that you Design an artistic tribute
Super Spies that features an studied [Cyclorama, Dignity [mural, monument, story quilt,
event, person, or topic that will of the Earth and Sky!, & The etc.] to a historical figure that
help Americans develop more National Memorial of Peace is largely unknown. Create an
inclusive ideas of American and Justice] which best artist statement that explains
identity. captures the idea of American how you chose your figure
Identity? Why? Write a and why it is important for
Digital Tip Use a paint app persuasive essay defending the world to remember your
like Krita to make the images your opinion. Make sure chosen individual.
frame by frame & then use a to include an introduction,
moviemaker like Openshot to supporting evidence, &
put them together into a video. conclusion.
4 5 6
Find a monument to Virtual Tour Make an animated com
investigate in the community Cyclorama and American Curate a museum exhibition
where you live. Then complete Citizenship: The Case of that features the groups of
Monument Lab’s Field Trip American Identity people the Cyclorama leaves
to analyze it and the role out. Write a caption for each
monuments play in the Share any of your projects selected image or artifact.
creation of American identity. with Museum Educators & your Make sure to give your
peers who have participated in exhibition a title that will
the Tour on Flipgrid. attract visitors!
Digital Tip Emaze offers a free
Gallery template.
7 8 9
Pick an individual who Investigate a specific event Create a picture book
worked to expand the rights of on one of the timelines in the that explains how ideas
citizenship to more Americans Clue Book (Black Citizenship, of American identity have
and write a narrative of a Women’s Citizenship, and changed over time. Integrate
significant event in their life. Modern Citizenship) Then examples from the Clue Book
Use Doreen Rappaport’s create a brief report that and Virtual Tour.
The Story of Suzie King Taylor explains the event and its
as an example. significance in greater depth. Digital Tip Check out Book
Creator
Teamwork Tip This will work
best if you collaborate with
7 other classmates and each
take 1 event from the timeline.
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Directions Start with number 5 and then make two other choices to
make your tic-tac-toe.
1 2 3
Make an animated comic like Super Spies Use the Atlanta History Center’s Create a proposal for an artistic tribute
that features a historical event, person, Confederate Monument Interpretation [mural, cyclorama, monument, etc] to a
or topic that will make viewers reconsider Guide Template to investigate a historical figure that is largely unknown.
who they consider American. Make Confederate monument—its history, the Make sure the proposal explains where
sure to integrate information from both community it's located in, and any laws the tribute would be located and why and
primary and secondary sources. Make a that protect it. Then, create a speech that includes a detailed design.
bibliography that shows the sources you informs the audience of your findings
used. and considers how the community could
address the legacy of the Confederacy.
Digital Tip Use a paint app like Krita to
make the images frame by frame & then
use a moviemaker like Openshot to put
them together into a video.
4 5 6
Pick one of Monument Lab’s Past Projects. Virtual Tour Curate a museum exhibition that
Research the project’s goals and analyze Cyclorama and American Citizenship: features groups of people the Cyclorama
to what extent it was successful. Make The Case of American Identity leaves out. Write a caption for each
sure to find articles that supported the selected image or artifact and craft an
project and those that opposed it. Create Share any of your projects with Museum introductory essay that explains the
an essay or video to share your analysis. Educators & your peers who have organization and themes of the exhibition.
participated in the Tour on Flipgrid.
Digital Tip Emaze offers a free Gallery
template.
7 8 9
Historian Sam Wineburg claims that Create a picture book that explains
Examine the timelines of Black Citizenship,
U.S. History classes “often do everything how ideas of American identity have
Women’s Citizenship, and Modern
they can to hide the blemishes of this changed over time. Synthesize examples
Citizenship in the Clue Book. Find five
country that we need to fix.” In response, from the Clue Book and Virtual Tour
additional events in each category
educators and activists have collaborated with supporting evidence from your
that the authors left out. Write a short
to develop new standards and resources own research. Make sure that your
explanation of the importance of each
for teachers to use in the classroom. bibliography has primary and secondary
event you found. Finally, reflect what this
Look into one of these projects [Teaching sources.
tells you about presentations of the past.
Hard History, 1619 Project, Zinn Education
Project, Unheard Voices, History Unerased, Digital Tip Check out Book Creator
etc.] Describe its goals and what it
offers. Then, reflect on your own history
education and to what extent your
teachers and books exposed you to the
ideas and content raised in the project
you chose to investigate.
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