The Civil War

Essential Question:

How did strategic, economic, and social factors contribute to the Union's victory and shape the immediate post-war period in the United States?conomic, and social factors contribute to the Union's victory and shape the immediate post-war period in the United States?

Portrait of a Graduate:

Adaptive Perseverance

Responsibility

Critical Thinking

Communication Responsibility

Global Citizenship

Learner’s Mindset

Collaboration

Inquiry Question:

What were the key advantages of the Union that contributed to its success in the Civil War?How did the Confederacy plan to overcome these disadvantages, and what were its strategies for victory?

2. Inquiry Question:

What were the decisive factors that led to the Union's victory in the Civil War?

3. Inquiry Question:

What were the immediate social, economic, and political effects of the Civil War on American society?

Student Outcomes:

Examine Union Advantages and Southern Chances of Victory: Students will analyze the strategic, economic, and demographic advantages of the Union and assess the Confederacy's strategies for winning the war.

2. Student Outcomes:

Understand How the Union Won: Students will explore the key battles, leadership decisions, and turning points that led to the Union's victory.

3. Student Outcomes:

Analyze the Short-Term Effects of the War: Students will assess the immediate impacts of the Civil War on American society, including Reconstruction efforts, amendments to the Constitution, and societal changes.

Skills Demonstrated:

Analyzing visual sources
Reading Maps
Explaining causation
Explaining Conand change over time
Making claims.
Supporting claims with evidence and reasoning.
Reading primary sources and examining them for author, place and time, prior knowledge, audience, reason for writing, tone and significance. (Model of Christian Charity, Account of an Indentured Servant)

Standards:

SS:HI:12:5.1: Explore the tensions between the values of unity and pluralism in defining our national identity.

Resources:

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