UNIT 3: WAR FROM WITHIN

PRELUDE TO THE CIVIL WAR

Lesson 1: Intro to Unit 3 and Civil War Basics

Students will be able to:

  • Explore the essential questions of Unit 3: War from Within (The U.S. Civil War)

Key Terms, People, and Places: Civil, Civil War, total wars, Abraham Lincoln, seceded, abolitionists

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Lesson 2: North Vs. South

Students will be able to: Explore the differences that exited between the North and the South before 1860 (start of the Civil War).

Key Terms, People, and Places: see terms here

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Lesson 3: Slavery in the United States

Students will be able to:

  • Trace the history of slavery in the United States.

  • Simulate one small aspect of slavery (cotton cleaning) to create empathy (not to recreate slavery).

  • Explain how the invention of cotton gin contributed to the growth of slavery in the 1800s.

  • Describe what life was like as a slave.

  • Play out the role of Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad

Key Terms, People, and Places: indentured servant, slave codes, cotton gin, inferior, Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, freedom seeker, underground railroad, Slave Act

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Lesson 4: Keeping the Balance, Union Challenged

Students will be able to: Analyze historical maps to discover how United States reached a breaking point over state’s representation in U.S. Senate.

Key Terms, People, and Places: north, south, slave states, free states, territory

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Lesson 5: Disunion and Sectionalism, and John Brown

Students will be able to: Explain what (and how) events led to the feelings of disunion and sectionalism in the United States before the start of the Civil War.

Key Terms, People, and Places: John Brown, abolition, abolitionists, disunion, sectionalism, popular sovereignty

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CIVIL WAR ITSELF

Lesson 1: The Civil War LARP and its History

Students will be able to:

  • Experience what it was like to be a part of a team (military) unit, just as millions of American did in the 1860s.

  • Compare and contrast the main beliefs of each of the contingents.

  • Find out "all" about the Civil War by reading, summarizing, and discussing its main topics.

Key Terms, People, and Places: Confederacy, Union, Contingent, Esprit de Corps, Johnny Rebs, Planters, Glory Roaders, Unionists, True Believers, Farmers and Workers

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Lesson 2: Abraham Lincoln

Students will be able to:

  • Describe Abraham Lincoln’s presidential platform regarding slavery and African American rights and explain why it alarmed slave owners and caused secession in some southern states.

  • Explain the origins of the republican party and the emergence of Abraham Lincoln as its leader.

  • Analyze the change our two political parties have undergone from the past to the present.

Key Terms, People, and Places: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Abraham Lincoln, popular sovereignty, presidential platform

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Lesson 3: The War Begins and More

Students will be able to:

  • Review the main causes of the Civil War.

  • Compare the advantages and disadvantages of the North and the South.

  • Explore historical maps and construct a map of the Civil War year by year to analyze the way the war progressed from its beginning to its end.

Key Terms, People, and Places: Richmond VA, Washington DC, Anaconda Plan, defensive war, Bull Run, and other battles (see Map directions)

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Lesson 4: Civil War Technology and Innovations

Students will be able to:

  • Investigate the technology and innovations of the Civil War to decide: Which Civil War innovation is the most important? Which Civil War innovation made the biggest impact on us today?

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Lesson 5: Antietam and Emancipation Proclamation

Students will be able to:

  • Discuss the events leading to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation and General Order 143.

  • After reading the documents, students will be able to discuss the meaning and significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and General Order 143.

Key Terms, People, and Places: emancipation, Emancipation Proclamation, border states, Antietam, contraband

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Lesson 6: Life At War

Students will be able to:

  • Students will be able to describe the use of equipment, uniforms, weapons, and other items that soldiers carried.

  • Students will be able to identify three reasons why battles happened in certain locations.

  • Students will be able to discuss the role of the African American soldier, using primary and secondary sources.

  • After reading portions of soldiers’ letters, students will be able to identify and discuss hardships soldiers faced.

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Lesson 7: The Civil War Ends

Students will be able to:

  • Describe the end of the Civil War under the leadership of Lincoln, Grant, and Lee.

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Lesson 8: The Civil War Jeopardy

Students will be able to:

  • Evaluate your understanding of the Civil War and your readiness for the Civil War final assessment.

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