After learning what led up to the conflict between the North and the South in the "Growth and Conflict" ToolBook, students will now learn all about the war that almost tore a new country apart: The causes, the key leaders (our President and the Generals from the North and South), key turning points in the war, and what the outcome was.
Students learn about the War that almost divided our young country in two with the following lessons:
- The Causes: States’ rights, sectional differences, slavery, and the rise of a new political party; a shocking speech by John C. Calhoun; economic differences between the North and South; the three key leaders?Calhoun, Webster, and Clay; the infamous Mason-Dixon Line.
- Play the games, "Slavery spread to the West." and "Name that Compromise!"
- Debate the Fugitive Slave Act. Internet research:
- Who was Dred Scott? Find out through an Internet exercise.
- Debate: "John Brown: Was he a martyr or a madman?"
- Abraham Lincoln and the rise of the Republican Party and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, "A House Divided", give students a clear picture on just how important Abraham Lincoln was to our country’s salvation and evolvement.
- The Leaders: President Lincoln’s Inaugural Address and the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.
- The Events: Every war can be broken down into 7 parts. Map the opposing sides. Play "Name that Strength!" (Why the North was bound to win.) Film worksheets for A&E’s "Foot Soldiers." Map the battles. Interpret battlefield photos.
- What happened with African American troops and the Emancipation Proclamation? What did The Gettysburg Address accomplish?
- The Results: Preservation of the Union; Amendments to the Constitution; and a full section on Reconstruction.
- How the Republican Party dominated politics for the next 70 years.
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| Introduction | |
| #1 Lecture w/ graphic organizer | What was the Civil War? |
| #2 Graphic Organizer | The seven stages of the Civil War |
| 1. The Causes of the Civil War | |
| #3 Graphic Organizer | The Four Causes |
| States’ Rights | |
| #4 Lecture w/ Graphic Organizer | The States’ Rights Doctrine |
| #5 Group Analysisr | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, analyze one concept: States’ Rights |
| #6 Lecture | The Nullification Crisis of 1832 |
| #7 Document | “Slavery is a positive good” - speech by John C. Calhoun |
| #8 Group Analysisr | Life is like a rock group: Analyze one concept - Nullification |
| #9 Group Analysisr | Life is like a rock group: Analyze one concept - States’ rights |
| #10 Lecture | States’ Rights today: Since the Civil Rights movement |
| Sectional differences | |
| #11 Lecturew/ graphic organizer | Sectionalism |
| #12 Transparency | The Two Sections - how did they differ? |
| #13 Lecture | The Delicate Balance - the South was losing political power |
| #14 Document | Calhoun’s speech - the South was losing political power |
| #15 Game | Name that Region! |
| #16 Game | Name that Region! |
| #17 Game | Three Leaders - Calhoun, Webster, and Clay |
| #18 Game | Three Leaders - Calhoun, Webster, and Clay |
| Slavery | |
| #19 Timeline | Timelineon the spread of slavery |
| #20 Mapping | The Fugitive Slave Act tried to crush the Underground Railroad |
| #21 Mapping | How slavery spread to the West! |
| #22 Lecture | The Three Compromises |
| #23 Game | The Three Compromises |
| #24 Game | The Three Compromises |
| #25 Internet | The Three Compromises |
| #26 Document | The Fugitive Slave Act, 1850 |
| #27 Debate | The Fugitive Slave Act:"Resolved, a bad law must be broken." |
| #28 Debate | Popular Sovereignty: "Resolved, if the majority want slavery ...” |
| #29 Internet | Dred Scott v Sandford, 1857 |
| #30 Internet | John Brown’s raid, 1859 |
| #31 Group Analysisr | Life is like a rock group: Analyze one concept - Dred Scott case |
| #32 Group Analysisr | Life is like a rock group: Analyze one concept - John Brown raid |
| #33 Debate | “Resolved, John Brown was a madman.” |
| #34 Board Game | Slavery spreads to the West |
| The Republican Party | |
| #35 Lecture w/ graphic organizer | The Republican Party |
| #36 Document | Platform of the Republican Party, 1856 |
| #37 Graphic Organizer | Why was the Republican Party formed? |
| #38 Board Game | The Life of Abraham Lincoln |
| #39 Lecture | The Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1858 |
| #40 Quotations | Interpret famous quotations by Abraham Lincoln |
| #41 Document | “A House Divided” speech by Abraham Lincoln |
| #42 Political Cartoons | Election of 1860, Secession, and the Civil War |
| #43 Quotations | Interpret 17 famous quotations |
| #44 Group Analysisr | Life is like a rock group: The Republican Party |
| #45 Group Analysisr | Life is like a rock group: Abraham Lincoln |
| #46 Debate | “Resolved, slavery was the ONLY cause of the Civil War.” |
| Review | |
| #47 Game | The ABCs of the causes of the Civil War (recall terms) |
| #48 Game | Can you talk like an abolitionist? (define terms) |
| #49 Game | Four games: Take the test out loud! |
| The test consists of 363. | |
| 2. The Civil War | |
| #50 Class Discussion | What do students already know about the Civil War? |
| #51 Graphic Organizer | The Civil War can be broken down into 7 stages. |
| Principles | |
| #52 Document | President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, 1861 |
| #53 Document | President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, 1865 |
| Leaders | |
| #54 Photos | Photos of famous people during the Civil War |
| #55 Story | The life of Ulysses S. Grant |
| #56 Graphic Organizer | Character web for U.S. Grant |
| #57 Story | The life of Robert E. Lee |
| #58 Graphic Organizer | Character web for Robert E. Lee |
| #59 Graphic Organizer | Compare & Contrast: U.S. Grant and Robert E. Lee |
| #60 Writing Speeches | Using the encyclopedia, write speeches by 14 famous people |
| #61 Quotations | Interpret 10 quotatations by famous generals |
| #62 Game | The ABCs of Civil War people (recall people) |
| #63 Game | I am U.S. Grant (identify people) |
| #64 Writing Speeches | “I am U.S. Grant”: students write four types of essays: expressive, narrative, informative, persuasive |
| #65 Edit | How to edit the essays |
| Events | |
| #66 Timeline | Timeline of the Civil War, 1860-1865 |
| #67 Mapping | Map the North, the South, . . . and the Border States |
| #68 Game | Strength or Weakness? The balance of forces, North and South |
| #69 Group Analysisr | Robert E. Lee faced tremendous odds. Why? |
| #70 Debate | "Resolved, THE NORTH was bound to win the war. |
| #71 Film Worksheet | “Foot Soldiers: The Yankees” (A&E classic) |
| #72 Film Worksheet | “Foot Soldiers: The Rebels” (A&E classic) |
| #73 Mapping | Map the battles! |
| #74 Mapping | Most of the battles were in Virginia |
| #75 Mapping | Locate the battles |
| #76 Game | Which theater of war? |
| #77 Library Research | Cities of the Civil War |
| #78 Photos | Photosof the Civil War: Highlights Matthew Brady |
| #79 Problem-Solving | What would YOU have done? 21 problems, with actual answers |
| #80 Game | Name that battle! |
| #81 Document | The Emancipation Proclamation: Causes & Results |
| #82 Internet | Black soldiers and regiments |
| #83 Mapping | The Battle of Gettysburg |
| #84 Document | The Gettysburg Address |
| #85 Quotations | Interpret 14 quotations from famous documents |
| #86 Game | The ABCs of events of the Civil War (recall terms) |
| #87 Game | Can you talk like Johnny Reb or Billy Yank? (define terms) |
| #88 Graphic Organizer | The Civil War: who, what, when, why, where - and how? |
| #89 Student Projects | The Battle of Gettysburg |
| #90 Making Posters | Posters are a great way to summarize |
| The Results | |
| #91 Graphic Organizer | Four results of the Civil War |
| #92 Game | The ABCs of the consequences of the Civil War (recall terms) |
| #93 Game | The Consequences (define terms) |
| #94 Chart | The number of casualties |
| #95 Quotations | What the leaders said at the end of the war |
| #96 Group Analysisr | Life is like a rock group: “With malice toward none . . .” |
| #97 Group Analysisr | Life is like a rock group: What do you think of the Civil War? |
| The test consists of 233 questions. | |
| Reconstruction | |
| #98 Lecture w/ graphic organizer | What was Reconstruction? |
| #99 Internet | The highlights of Reconstruction |
| #100 Internet | The Freedmen’s Bureau |
| #101 Lecture | The Reconstruction Amendments: 13th, 14th, 15th |
| #102 Document | The Black Codes |
| #103 Lecture | Jim Crow laws |
| #104 Internet | The Ku Klux Klan |
| #105 Group Analysisr | Life is like a rock group: What do you think of Reconstruction? |
| #106 Internet | Why did black families move out West? |
| #107 Internet | The Exodusters |
| #108 Lecture | The Buffalo Soldiers |
| #109 Mapping | The Buffalo Soldiers |
| #110 Game | The ABCs of Reconstruction (recall terms) |
| #111 Game | Can you talk like a Radical Republican? (define terms) |
| The tests consists of 103 questions | |
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