Lesson Plans for Mr. Martens 

RESOURCES

• Introduction

  • • Classroom Rules, Guidelines, and Policies

    • Class Folder Guidelines

    • 1st Semester Student Grade Sheet

    • Student Information/Book Condition Report

    • "Civil War and Reconstruction" Atlas

• Unit I:  Slavery and the Prelude to the Civil War

  • • Notes

      • • Slavery in History and the South: Origins of Slavery

        • Slavery in History and the South: The Triangle Trade and the Middle Passage

        • Slavery in History and the South: Slavery in the American Colonies

        • Slavery in History and the South: The Daily Life of Slaves

        • Slavery in History and the South: Resistance and Rebellion

        • From Settlement to Conflict: The Cotton Kingdom

        • From Settlement to Conflict: From Compromise to Conflict

        • From Settlement to Conflict: Anti-Slavery and Abolitionism

    • Handouts

      • • Unit I Place Location

        • "Slavery in History and the South" Excerpt from None Died in Vain

        • "Travels in the Interior of Africa" Primary Source

        • "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" Primary Source

        • "The Middle Passage" Reading

        • "A Slave's Daily Bread" Reading

        • Slave Narrative

        • "Slave Rebellions" Reading

        • Chapter 2 Study Guide

        • "Anti-Slavery and Abolitionism" Reading

        • "A Martyr in Alton:  Elijah P. Lovejoy" Reading

        • Unit I Review Sheet

• Unit II:  1861--Playing at War

  • • Notes

      • • Chapter 1 Notes: From Washington to Charleston

        • Chapter 3 Notes: Choosing Sides

        • Chapter 4 Notes: Opening Operations

    • Handouts

      • • "A Backwoods Boy" and "Law and Politics" from Lincoln:  A Photobiography Excerpts

        • "Early Life of Abraham Lincoln" Playing Sheet

        • "Early Life of Abraham Lincoln" Terms

        • "Early Life of Abraham Lincoln" Questions

        • Units II-IV Place Location

        • Chapter 1 Study Guide

        • Chapter 3 Study Guide

        • Chapter 4 Study Guide

• Unit III:  1862--Learning

  • • Notes

      • • Chapter 5 Notes: Building Armies

        • Chapter 6 Notes: Western Operations

        • Chapter 7 Notes: Spring in the East

        • Chapter 9 Notes: The Year Ends Badly

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 5 Study Guide

        • Union and Confederate Ranks and Insignia

        • Chapter 6 Study Guide

        • Chapter 7 Study Guide

        • Chapter 9 Study Guide

• Unit IV:  1863--Grappling

  • • Notes

      • • Chapter 10 Notes: The War in the West

        • Chapter 11 Notes: Eastern Maneuvers

        • Chapter 12 Notes: The War Economics

        • Chapter 13 Notes: The War in Equilibrium

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 10 Study Guide

        • Chapter 11 Study Guide

        • Chapter 12 Study Guide

        • Chapter 13 Study Guide

        • Units II-IV Review Sheet

• Unit V:  1864--Dying

  • • Notes

      • • Chapter 14 Notes: Problems of Command and Strategy

        • Chapter 15 Notes: The Killing Season

        • Chapter 16 Notes: The Atlanta Campaign

        • Chapter 17 Notes: The Folks at Home

        • Chapter 18 Notes: Trampling Out the Vintage . . .

        • Chapter 19 Notes: . . . Where the Grapes of Wrath Are Stored

    • Handouts

      • • Units V-VI Place Location

        • Chapter 14 Study Guide

        • Chapter 15 Study Guide

        • Chapter 16 Study Guide

        • Chapter 17 Study Guide

        • Chapter 18 Study Guide

        • Chapter 19 Study Guide

• Unit VI:  1865--Ending

  • • Notes

      • • Chapter 20 Notes: The Death Grip

        • Chapter 21 Notes: The Collapse of the Confederacy

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 20 Study Guide

        • Chapter 21 Study Guide

        • Chapter 22 Study Guide

        • Units V-VI Review Sheet

SEMESTER EXAM

Unit I Review Sheet, Units II-IV Review Sheet, and Units V-VI Review Sheet

Unit I Place Location, Units II-IV Place Location, and Units V-VI Place Location