1. Killer Angels Introduction

2. Project Due Dates Reader Response/Book Group #1 – Tues 5/10
Reader Response/Book Group #2 – Mon 5/16
Reader Response/Book Group #3 – Thurs 5/19
Reading Check Quiz #1 – Fri. 5/13
Reading Check Quiz #2 – Fri 5/20
Project Work Days –
Fri. 5/13, Tues. 5/17, Wed. 5/18, Fri. 5/20
Project Due Date – Mon 5/23 at beginning of class

3. Reader Response Example
Reader Responses
Reader Response Example
“Up Against Them”
What do you notice?
-Do you notice any changes in the personality of your protagonist or antagonist?
-Do you notice any emphasis on an object or minor character that might be important later?
-Do you notice any repeating patterns in the book?
-Do you notice the significance of the title of the chapter you are reading?
-Do you notice anything unusual about the book's beginning or ending?
What do you question?
- Do you question any of the decisions that a character has made?
- Do you wonder what a certain passage in the book might mean?
-Do you question whether the author realistically presented a certain part of your book?
-Do you question if something that happened in the author's life might have influenced the writing of this novel?
What do you feel?
-Does any part of the book make you feel scared, annoyed, sad, frustrated, or horrified? Which part? Why?
-Do you feel differently about a character or situation in the novel now than you felt before?
-Why have your feelings changed?
-Do you want to read another novel by the same author? Why or Why not?
What do you relate to?
-Does anything in the book remind you of something from your own experience, or a movie, or a TV program, a song, or another book your have read? Discuss that relationship.
 I knew it would happen. Covington found a flaw in their plan. He's going to capitalize on their mistake and catch them in the act. I question two things.
First, I wonder why Reed doesn't come
to Marcy's house when he said he would. Could he have run into trouble and got himself hurt? He promised he would be there.
Second, why does Devon go back to the mountains? There aren't any benefits from doing this
He doesn't know where Reed is. He doesn't know his way around the mountains that well, so he could get lost or hurt. Even if he does find Reed, Covington will know something is wrong when Devon isn't home for a while

4. Peer Evaluation Sheet (20 points)
Civil War Novel
Discussion Groups
Peer Evaluation Sheet (20 points)
Discussion Date: ____________________________
Performance Indicators:
Outstanding (4)
Pretty Good (3)
Barely Acceptable (2)
Not Acceptable (1)
1. Evidence of reading the book
2. Level of insight into the character’s motivations
3. Ability to build upon another’s ideas
4. Positive contributions to the group
5. Quality of written responses
Comments:
What did they see in the book that you didn’t see?
What was his/her best contribution to the group discussion?
What could this person do better next time so he/she can get a better grade?
Student’s Name:__________________________________________ Points Earned: _______
Evaluator’s Name:________________________________________

5. Character: Moses Cooper
“Destroy them? Give me the minutes, and I will bear them home with me, so that my children and their children may see that we did not fail to rise when history demanded it!” (Fast 31)
Moses Cooper is not a person who does something just because it is the easy thing to do. He believes that the men of the town need to stand up for what is right, and if they aren’t going to do it as a group, then he will do it individually. He is a man of courage and conviction that is not afraid to let others know where he stands on an issue.
“If I had forbade him to sign the muster book then and there, I would have lost a son. Is that what you want? But I saw him there so tall and strong I could have wept. You can’t shelter him now. You can’t shield him. There comes a time, and this is that time—“ (Fast 75)
Even though the relationship between Moses and his son Adam has not always been easy one. Moses cares very much about his son, but he also understands there come a time in life when children become adults. In this case circumstances are forcing Adam to become an adult before either of his parents would have wanted him to. Moses also understands that to stand in the way progress would only hurt if not destroy his relationship with his son. I think that this is a situation that all parents have to go through with their children, and many may find it hard to accept the change in their own son or daughter.
“All I am asking, … is to avoid accidents. I’m saying that we don’t cock our guns or handle triggers. We show our selves here, plain, firm, and quiet. We talk. This is our village and our land.” (Fast 87)
Even when he is standing up for what he believes in, Moses is a prudent man. He doesn’t want unnecessary violence, so he wants measures taken to prevent them. This is their village and therefore the place where the friends and families live. He wants to try and balance the need to stand up for one’s convictions with also protecting one’s family and friends.
Dialectical Journals
Must include a quote (2 pts.) and your own original commentary (3 pts.)
Source in the book must be cited (Shaara pg#) (1 pt.)
You should use the file from the class website or Google Classroom to type in your journals.

6. Historical Characters Ranking
Character #2:
Character #3:
Select 5 characters, rank them in order of importance
Write a brief 5 sentence summary explanation to justify your ranking (6 pts. Each)

7. Historical Characters Biographical Sketch
Select 2 of your top 5 characters and briefly cover the highlights of their lives after the book ends. (20 pts. each)
You will have to do some research for this section. You may not use the biographical skethces at the end of this book or the other books in this series (Gods and Generals or Last Full Measure)

8. Character: ______________________________
Geographic Map
 Character: ______________________________
You must create a map tracing the journey of one of the main characters.
The map should mark 4 significant events in the story line.
The map should be drawn to scale, colored, and include a key and compass rose.
The map may not be a duplicate of any map included in the novel, nor can it be copied/scanned.

9. Killer Angels Introduction

10. Killer Angels Overview
Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in It is a fictionalized account but of the Battle of Gettysburg, but is based entirely on primary documents--maps, memoirs, diaries, etc.-- and therefore is an accurate portrayal of this battle that occurred July 1-3, 1863.
Both Union and Confederate military forces were organized similarly. Each side of this conflagration was organized into armies with nicknames, commanded by a general—Army of the Potomac, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee.

11. The Armies
At the Battle of Gettysburg, the Army of the Potomac (Union) under General George
Meade and the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate) under General Robert E. Lee
faced each other. The following chart summarizes how the two armies were organized:

12. Civil War Army Organization

13. Technical Vocabulary
Artillery--Cannon or other large caliber firearms; a branch of the army armed with cannon.

14. Technical Vocabulary
Artillery battery: 4-6 cannon with six men to a cannon
Quartermaster units: These were units in charge of supplies.
Engineer units: These were in charge of construction of bridges, trenches, etc.

15. Signal Corps: These units were in charge of
Signal Corps: These units were in charge of communications and intelligence.

16. Technical Vocabulary
Bayonet--knife fitted into the muzzle end of the rifle

17. Technical Vocabulary
Cavalry--troops trained to fight on horseback

18. Technical Vocabulary
Caisson--A two-wheeled cart that carried two ammunition chests, tools, and a spare wheel for artillery pieces. The caisson could be attached to a limber, which would allow both to be pulled by a team of horses.

19. Technical Vocabulary
Echelon--troops formed in parallel units arranged to the left or right of the rear unit like stair steps

20. Technical Vocabulary
Flank—(noun) a "flank" is the end (or side) of a military position, also called a "wing". (verb) "to flank" is to move around and gain the side of an enemy position, avoiding a frontal assault.

21. Technical Vocabulary
Infantry--units of army trained to fight on foot

22. Technical Vocabulary
Napoleon--type of cannon named for the French emperor

23. Technical Vocabulary
Taps--bugle call to signal "lights out" or played at military funerals

24. Technical Vocabulary
Volley--a discharge of several missiles all at once

25. Army of the Potomac
: Commanding general of the Army of the Potomac. He is barely mentioned in the novel, but it is important to know that he commanded the Union at Gettysburg. President Lincoln had just appointed General Meade to his post after firing General Joseph Hooker just three days before.
: Head of the Union cavalry. His cavalry are the first Union forces in Gettysburg and to encounter Confederate forces there.
: A major general in command of the II Corps. He was in command of the Union forces that faced Pickett’s division on third day of the battle. He was a close friend of General Lewis Armistead, one of Pickett’s brigade commanders.
George Meade
John Buford
Winfield Hancock

26. Army of the Potomac John Reynolds
: Former commander at West Point, now a Major General in the Union Army, and maybe its best soldier. He has refused the command of the Union army. He is respected by the Confederates and, along with Buford, one of the first Union generals on the field at Gettysburg.
: A former college professor who took a leave of absence to enlist in the army, he was the colonel in command of the 20th Maine regiment which includes his brother Tom; Something that concerns him as the commander of the regiment. He was the last unit on the left flank of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge on the second day of the battle. He was shot six times during the war.
Joshua Chamberlain

27. Army of Northern Virginia
: Commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia. (Contrary to popular myth, he was not the commanding general of the Confederate military.) Opposed to slavery, he could not find it in himself to accept President Lincoln’s appointment to lead the Union forces and thus fight against his home state of Virginia. By the time of the Battle of Gettysburg, General Lee had become a legend as a brilliant strategist and repeatedly defeating armies much larger than his own Army of Northern Virginia.
: Known as “Old Pete,” Longstreet was the commanding general of Lee’s I Corps. He had replaced General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (who was killed by friendly fire at the Battle of Chancellorsville just a few months earlier) as Lee’s most trusted aide.
: Commanding general of Lee’s cavalry. He was Lee’s eyes and ears during the invasion into Pennsylvania, but leading into the battle, his cavalry is no in communication with Lee and this has an important impact on the Battle of Gettysburg.
Robert E. Lee
James Longstreet
Jeb Stuart

28. Army of Northern Virginia
: Commanding general of one of Pickett’s brigades. He was also a close friend of General Winfield Hancock, commander of the Union’s II Corps, before the war and looks forward to reunion with his old friend.
: Last in his class at West Point, he a young , free-wheeling and dashing commanding general of one of Longstreet’s divisions. Held in reserve during the first two days of battle, his division was the most rested on the third day which gives them the order to assault the Union lines at Cemetery Ridge.
: A visiting British officer, whose assignment was to observe the Confederate forces in action and report back to his superiors in London.
Lewis Armistead
George Pickett
Arthur Freemantle

29. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia
Order of Battle The following diagrams present the “Order of Battle” or a visual representation of the military organization of both armies at the Battle of Gettysburg as it relates to the novel.
Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia

30. Meade’s Army of the Potomac
Order of Battle The following diagrams present the “Order of Battle” or a visual representation of the military organization of both armies at the Battle of Gettysburg as it relates to the novel.
Meade’s Army of the Potomac

31. Maps
The book contains maps; as you read examine the maps so that you know the terrain and its important features such as:
Culp’s Hill
Emmitsburg Road
Peach Orchard
Devil’s Den
Big Round Top
Little Round Top
Wheat Field
Cemetery Ridge
Seminary Ridge
Cemetery Hill