Teaching the Civil War, 150 years later

Nick Anderson:

"Guess who won this battle?" teacher Cindy Agner asks.

"No one," the kids chorus.

"This is what they call a draw."

And this is how the Civil War comes to life for a roomful of fourth-graders in Northern Virginia, 150 years after the nation's deadliest armed conflict began. Agner's reenactment of the landmark naval Battle of Hampton Roads -- a tactile lesson the vet eran teacher dreamed up this year -- drew her Fairfax County class into a chapter of American history that has long provoked education debate.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 12, 2011 1:41 AM
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