How Are Clara Barton and the Red Cross Civic-Minded?
Learning Objectives
- Use evidence to answer a historical question
- Listen to key events and match them to behaviors
- Analyze primary source photos and connect them to civic-minded behaviors
- Develop and refine a claim to answer the question: “How are Clara Barton and the American Red Cross civic-minded?”
Overview
Historians share their ideas. In this lesson, students are introduced to Clara Barton and the American Red Cross. They will determine how Clara Barton’s actions helped others. Then, they will analyze primary sources and share their observations in a four-corners activity. Students will use their observations to answer the mystery question: How are Clara Barton and the American Red Cross civic-minded?
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Where this Mystery fits in this Private i History Detectives Unit:
How Can Being Civic-Minded Help Me Be a Good Citizen?