Students copy the vocabulary hyperlinked to the picture on the left and then as a group use the Ipads to look up the vocabulary through the use of primary resources. All sites are permissable except for wikipedia. I also encourage you to stay on official government or university websites when locating primary resources.
Activity 2: Key Moments that Led to the Civil War
Students copy the key events notes hyperlinked to the left and then as a group use the Ipads to research the various sites already listed on the worksheet for student review. Please attempt to view as many primary photos, letters and documents as possible for each topic. I also encourage you to stay on official government or university websites when locating primary resources.
Students read an official biography of President Abraham Lincoln, President Jefferson Davis, General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee. Then in a small group setting, students will use the worksheet hyperlinked to the left to create their own biographies for each person. When the group is finished they will use the Ipads to view primary photos of each person. I also encourage you to stay on official government or university websites when locating primary resources.
Students view four primary photos from the Civil War and attempt to infer who, what, where, when, why the photo occured. The photos are hyperlinked to the picture on the left, your worksheet is hyperlinked below.
Students will use the Ipads and our class website to research four key battles: Antietam, Gettysburg, Sherman's March to the Sea and Appomattox Courthouse. Your worksheet is hyperlinked in the picture on the left and your websites are listed below.
Students use the PowerPoint and timeline below to summarize the causes of the American Civil War. Once complete with the timeline, students will independently research the following major causes of the Civil War and then create their own graphic organizer. Topics for the organizer include: State's Rights, Slavery, Succession Causes PowerPoint Causes Timeline
In the spring of 1861, decades of simmering tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including states’ rights versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War (1861-65). The election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 caused seven southern states to secede from the Union to form the Confederate States of America; four more joined them after the first shots of the Civil War were fired. Four years of brutal conflict were marked by historic battles at Bull Run (Manassas), Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Vicksburg, among others. The War Between the States, as the Civil War was also known, pitted neighbor against neighbor and in some cases, brother against brother. By the time it ended in Confederate surrender in 1865, the Civil War proved to be the costliest war ever fought on American soil, with some 620,000 of 2.4 million soldiers killed, millions more injured and the population and territory of the South devastated.
Activity 8: Project
Students will work in small groups and will be assigned a reading section from the list above. Groups will then teach the section to the class. The groups will then reconnect in a large group to create a living timeline of events.
Activity 9: Unit Summary
Students will use the "Key Concepts and Chapter Summary Notes" section above to create a graphic organizer for each of the four sections and then answer the chapter summary questions on a separate sheet of paper. The four organizers and questions will be turned in together as a test/project grade.
Activity 10: Summary Questions
Students use all of their notes and the video hyperlinked to the left to answer the review questions
Reconstruction 1. View website hyperlinked the left 2. create a graphic organizer of the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments 3. Andrew Johnson Video 4. If time allows, create a timeline with the following information (date, name and 1 sentence summery): 5 major causes, 5 major battles, Appomattox, Death of Lincoln, 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
Notes and Websites for Deeper Learning
Nat Turner This lesson is designed to establish for students that simply reading history is not a good strategy for understanding the past and that the text must be investigated by looking behind the curtain at the context and subtext of primary document sources in order to investigate and interpret the events of history.
The Gettysburg Address In this week-long unit, students will examine the text of the Gettysburg Address in terms of its historical references and import. They will also examine several images and editorials relating to the event itself in order to evaluate the impact of bias on public perception.
Slavery in the United States This lesson introduces students to primary sources - what they are, their great variety, and how they can be analyzed. The lesson begins with an activity that helps students understand the historical record. Students then learn techniques for analyzing primary sources. Finally, students apply these techniques to analyze documents about slavery in the United States.
Women in the Civil War This lesson uses primary sources - diaries, letters, and photographs - to explore the experiences of women in the Civil War. By looking at a series of document galleries, the perspectives of slave women, plantation mistresses, female spies, and Union women emerge. Ultimately, students will understand the human consequences of this war for women.
The Middle Passage Students will investigate the transatlantic slave trade known as the Middle Passage, read chapters from the autobiography of a slave who survived the Middle Passage, and create a visual display that reflects the ordeal of the journey.
Daily Lives of Slaves Students will examine the role of slaves on a Southern plantation, identify the tasks and challenges of family life encountered by plantation slaves, and evaluate the tools and artifacts used by slave families.
Causes of the Civil War Students will activate and build knowledge about the events that led northern and southern states into the Civil War, analyze relevant maps, images, and primary-source documents to reinforce understanding, and demonstrate understanding of the causes of the Civil War.
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry Students will activate and build background knowledge about John Brown's crusade against slavery, analyze the relevant primary-source documents and identify arguments with varying points of view, and evaluate whether John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry helped to further the cause of the abolition of slavery.
Lincoln and the Civil War Students will activate and build knowledge about Lincoln and the Civil War, including the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, the election of 1860, the outbreak and course of the war, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's Second Inaugural address, and Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction. They will then analyze relevant primary-source documents, maps, and images to reinforce understanding and demonstrate an understanding of Lincoln's actions and his impact on the course and outcome of the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation Students will investigate the accomplishments and limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation, interpreting Lincoln's motives for the Proclamation and analyzing the effect of the Proclamation on the course of the Civil War.
Reconstruction Students will assume the role of a Northern newspaper reporter on a fact-finding mission to the recently defeated Southern states during Reconstruction, assess both the effectiveness of government policies in bringing the South back into the union and the willingness or unwillingness of Southerners to accept the new conditions, and write an article explaining this complex post-war situation.
Sharecropping Students will identify southern states where farmers began sharecropping after the Civil War, analyze why sharecropping became necessary after the Civil War, and demonstrate what you've learned by labeling southern Reconstruction-era sharecropping states on a U.S. map.
The Dred Scott Decision
Imagine earning your freedom from slavery only to have a court later decide that you were born a slave and shall die a slave. What could you do? Who would help you? Graphic Organizer Activity
The Origins of Slavery Powerpoint
PBS: Ken Burn's "The Civil War"
PBS and historian Ken Burns explore the American Civil War. The slavery to surrender, this is one of the best documentaries you will experience.
The Battle of Antietam: America's Single Bloodiest Day
September 17, 1862 General Robert E. Lee goes on the offensive. Determined to end the war swiftly, he goes for a death blow by invading the United States of America. What started as a daring and desparate attempt to force Abraham Lincoln into submission will end in the turning point of the war.
The Battle of Gettysburg: America's Single Bloodiest Battle
July 1-3, 1863. General Robert E. Lee attempts his second invasion of the north. Desparate for supplies and hungary for victory, the Army of Northern Virginia invades Pennsylvania. Will three days in the Keystone State prove to be the single bloodiest battle in US history?
Harriet Tubman
During a ten year span, Harriet Tubman made 19 trips into the South and saved over 300 runaway slaves. Join PBS in celebrating the life and accomplishments of America's greatest abolitionist.
History Channel Presents The Civil War
National Geographic: The Underground Railroad
Follow Harriet Tubman to Freedom, as she guides you to Canada. You decide when to run and when to stay, but beware - Danger lurks at every turn.
Lincoln's Ghost Train
Does the ghost of Lincoln still ride the rails between Washington D.C. and Illinois?
Civil War Music Activity
Students review the lyrics to several famous Civil War era songs, use Ipads to listen to them and then in a small group answer the questions attached to the lyrics.
Reconstruction: America's 2nd Civil War
During an age of healing, social and political unrest will expose new wounds - as we realize, the Civil War may be over, but the causes still exist.
Digital History: Reconstruction
Will the birth of a new nation mean freedom for all? Will slave rights be addressed or ignored. Which side will you fight?
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Northern and Southern Buisiness men hungary for wealth and fame, head south to rebuild the new economic south
The Road to WarPowerPoint Click on the PowerPoint hyperlinked to the left and then fill in the graphic organizer listed here
5-USA victories 5-CSA victories 1-Battle of Gettysburg 1-Battle of Antietam superlatives: pick 10 key people and include a picture of them, as well as what they are known for ie. most likely to grow sideburns: Ambrose Burnside, most likely to led the CSA: Robert E. Lee, etc...lick here to edit.
Media Center Research: Students will research the topics hyperlinked to the picture at the left and then create a PowerPoint presentation
Click on the picture to the left for a copy of the cut-outs. Each slide should have a date, picture, title (use the ones from below if you want), and a bullet point or two of facts.
12 sides: 1-The USA 1-The CSA 1-Battle of Antietam 1-Battle of Gettysburg 1-list of USA victories 1-list of CSA victories 1-President Abraham Lincoln 1-President Jefferson Davis 1-General Ulysses S. Grant 1-General Robert E. Lee 1-which USA victory was the biggest and why 1-which CSA victory was the biggest and why