Day One

Introduction to Civil War Weapons - video from United Streaming

Day Two

Presentation - technological improvements of civil war weapons

Discuss smoothbore versus rifled muskets, minie ball, canons, and tactics.

Assignment: Students will answer the following question with at least three paragraphs.

How did the technological advances in weaponry affect the tactics used in the civil war?

Day Three

Discuss: Projectile motion in relation to cannons of the civil war.

Assignment: Projectile motion worksheets.

 

Web Links:

• Civil War Weapons
• Civil War Guns
• Wikipedia
• More Weapons Links
• Characteristics of a Projectile's Trajectory
• Hyperphysics Trajectories
• Civil War Artillery Page
• Cannons and Gunpowder
• Balloons:
  • The Balloons With The Army Of The Potomac
  • Professor Thaddeus Lowe's Official Report, 1863 (Part I)
  • Professor Thaddeus Lowe's Official Report, 1863 (Part II)