Glue photocopies of Civil War pictures onto your poster.
The Civil War began in 1861 with the secession of South Carolina, followed by six other states. The secession was due to the fact that President Abraham Lincoln did not believe in slavery and the South, or Confederate States, did not want to give up slavery. The different philosophies of the northern and southern states caused the beginning of the Civil War. The war raged for four years. A poster depicting the Civil war should include a Civil War time-line and information about slavery, the Underground Railroad, Gettysburg and the Union and Confederate soldiers and their beliefs.
Instructions
1. Place a piece of poster board on a stable, flat work surface. Decide whether the poster will be portrait or landscape. Turn the poster board to the desired position.
2. Place five to seven 5 by 7-inch photocopied pictures of the Civil War on the poster board. Arrange the pictures on the board so there is a minimum of a 4-inch gap between each picture. Examples of pictures include Confederate and Union soldiers, Gettysburg, the Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Silo, Stonewall Jackson, Harper's Ferry, the Battle of Fredricksville, the Battle of Chattanooga, General William T Sherman, Abraham Lincoln, slaves, the Underground Railroad and the fall of the Confederacy.
3. Look at the Civil war pictures you've laid out and determine whether there is enough room under or beside the picture to write the description of what is happening in the picture. Adjust the pictures to a new location if more room is needed.
4. Pick up one Civil War picture at a time. Cut the corners from the picture to create an oval or round shaped picture. Cut a wavy line around the four edges if desired. Glue the Civil War picture to a piece of dark blue construction paper for the Union and gray construction paper for the Confederate pictures. Cut a construction paper border by cutting 1/2-inch away from the picture. Put glue on the back of the construction paper and stick the framed picture to the poster board in the desired location. Repeat the process with all pictures.
5. Write a description of what is happening in each picture directly under or to one side of the glued picture. Center the writing so the reader's eye is pulled to the correct picture when reading the description. Write the date at the beginning of the description. Refer to historical information on the Civil War to attain dates and accurate descriptions of the chosen Civil War pictures.
