Submerged NC: USS Monitor - America's Most Historic Ironclad

Mar 4, 2021  13:00 - 14:00

(GMT -7:00) Pacific Time

Event URL:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4193556452800082444?utm_medium=email&utm_source=GovDelivery
Cost:  Free

Discover and explore the U.S. Civil War and our nation’s most famous ironclad through a variety of free resources, including a curriculum guide, videos, activities, and more. Learn about the Monitor of 1862, where it is now, and how it is protected and conserved today.

Find out how to access a free curriculum guide for grades 4-8 that discovers and explores the Civil War Ironclad, USS Monitor. Learn the Monitor’s history and how the ship was discovered in 1973 to become our nation’s first national marine sanctuary. Learn about the two sailors recovered in 2002 from the turret and their interment at Arlington National Cemetery. Finally, see how artifacts are conserved, and add a little science to your social studies.

Workshop Overview

Join Shannon Ricles, Education and Outreach Coordinator for Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, as you step back to 1862 to learn about the USS Monitor's key role in keeping the Union's blockade in place, and thus saving the Union. Learn about the ship’s inventor and its construction in just 98 days! Explore the role the ship played during and after the Battle of Hampton Roads, and discover how it sank.

Relive its discovery and how it became our nation’s first national marine sanctuary, while diving into the recovery and conservation of iconic Monitor artifacts. Look at the recreated faces of two Monitor sailors, whose remains were discovered inside the turret, and learn the science behind their recreation. See the dramatic images and hear the story of the sailors' interment at Arlington National Cemetery.