Clara Barton Walking Classroom

Clara Barton was

• a woman who devoted her life to helping others.

• a soldier during the Civil War.

• the founder of Barton College.

The Red Cross is an important organization becuase

• It helps maintain hospital blood supplies.

• It helps maintain hospital blood supplies.

• Both options

Why was Clara Barton known as “The Angel of the Battlefield”?

• Her middle name was Angel.

• She wore a pin on her uniform that represented angel wings and a halo.

• She was so good at helping and comforting soldiers.

Infirmary means

• someone who is very sick.

• a place to care for sick people.

• someplace strong and well-supported.

What word would best describe Clara Barton?

• selfish

• brave

• cautious

• shy

Clara did not accept the first teaching position she was offered because

• She was overwhelmed with how much work it was to be a teacher.

• She was nervous about working with children.

• She preferred to work on her family farm.

• She was not going to be paid a fair wage.

Which of the following is an opinion about Clara Barton?

• During the Civil War, she traveled from battle to battle, nursing soldiers.

• After the war, she worked to locate over 22,000 missing soldiers.

• She was a kind humanitarian who led an extraordinary life.

Which event happened first in Clara's life?

• Barton opened a free public school where she educated six hundred students

• Barton helped nurse her brother, David, back to health after a serious fall.

• Barton founded the American Red Cross.

• Barton assisted soldiers during the Civil War.

Vitamin C helps to produce collagen which helps skin heal.

• True

• False

Clara Barton helped design the country's first system to

• teach fourth grade reading.

• fight a war.

• track down missing soldiers.

• milk cows on rural farms.