Drawing 1: Ironclad monitor.
watercolor by Oscar Parkes.
Questions for Drawing 1 & Painting 1
1. What features of a monitor rode above the waterline? How would that be an advantage in combat? How would it be a disadvantage?
2. In Painting 1, notice the wooden warship in the background. Note the differences between the wooden ship and the monitor. Which ship do you think would be more effective in battle? Why? On which ship would you rather have served?
3. Where were the living quarters in the monitor? What do you think it would have been like to live there?
4. Where were the working areas in the monitor? What do you think it would have been like to work there?
5. Do these images give you a better idea what it was like for Harrie Webster aboard the USS Manhattan in Reading 3? If so, how?
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