Balancing the Myth of the Man Against the Reality of the Man in Creating My General Grant Persona
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Stan Prater discusses some myths about General Grant that he confronted as he researched the man to create his re-enactment persona.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: US History-93**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video as part of your study of the Civll War as a lead-in to a student project where they create their own first person re-enactment.
- Use this video and other videos on the website with this re-enactor in a jigsaw activity as students learn how and why he created the persona he did. How can the insights they learn and share with each other help them in developing their own first person persona in a wax museum exhibit focused on the Civil War or across different periods of history? Use the keyword “Stan Prater” to find the videos.
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
