Emma's diary is filled with sadness from the death of her mother to the constant reports of neighbors and relatives killed on the battlefield. Cousin Rachel and Emma are very different. At times I feel like I am a thousand years old that is what this cruel war has done to me. I know I have changed forever and there is no going back. Student Activities 1.
Wars seem to inspire songwriters.
Find other music that young people and their parents enjoyed in 1864. Prepare a tape-recorded radio show featuring war songs. Include commercials for products that might have been advertised during this period of American history. Prepare a script of the conversations that might have occured when Nelson, the head slave on the Simpson plantation, tried to convince the other slaves to run away with him. Try to use some of the words and situations that Emma writes about in her diary.