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Teacher
Resources
The Teacher
Resources include lesson plans and project ideas correlated to the Sunshine
State Standards, additional resources, and an overview of the site as
a whole.
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Lesson Plans- Correlated
with the Sunshine State Standards
When salt
supplies were cut off by the war, salt production became a crucial endeavor
for citizens of Florida. This unit contains an introduction to
the importance of salt, an excerpt from the memoir of a Confederate
soldier who discusses the production of salt, an excerpt from a letter
from a Union sailor who talks about destroying the salt works, and an
illustration of the destruction of a salt works. This unit will
help students understand why the Florida coastline was important in
producing salt during the Civil War.
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Thinking
About Salt
With the seemingly limitless supply of salt available to us today,
it is hard to imagine the hardship imposed by its lack. This
lesson will help students think about the importance of salt in
their lives, the historical significance of salt, and how they would
obtain salt if they could not buy it. |
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Risking
Their Lives for Salt
In his memoir "Reminiscences of the War Between the States by a
Boy in the Far South at Home and in the Rank of the Confederate
Militia", Joshua Hoyet Frier describes first extracting salt from
the dirt in the meat houses, and then evaporating salt from sea
water. |
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Destroying
the Salt Pans
On November 29th 1862 Louis James M. Boyd, 3rd Assistant Engineer
aboard the U.S. Gun boat "Albatross", describes the destruction
of the rebel salt pans along the Florida coast in his letter to
his wife Jannie. |
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Illustration
of the Destruction of a Rebel Salt Factory on the Florida
Coast
This color illustration was published in Harper's Weekly in 1862. |
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Additional Resources
Meat
Curing and Smoking-
Facts about curing meat with salt.
Book
List - Additional reading about salt and the Confederacy.
Related
Web Links - Links to other Civil
War sites.
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