Experience the USS Monitor, the ironclad boat of the Civil War. With this resource, students can read and hear letters from sailors detailing their day-to-day life on board, learn about the history of the Monitor, and find out about the on-going efforts to preserve the wreck and the artifacts.

Concepts

american history, civil war

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Additional Tags

iron clad ship, ironclad gunboats, battle of hampton roads, union navy, uss monitor

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)