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Unit Plan-The Civil War Period - 2/27-3/6 Standards

This unit plan outlines a 2 week unit on the American Civil War period from February 27th to March 6th. The standards and objectives focus on the causes of the Civil War including the role of slavery, key events and leaders, and the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address. Materials include textbooks, notebooks, guided notes, pictures, videos clips, and worksheets. Planned activities include taking video notes, watching clips from films about the Civil War, learning about generals and battles through games and videos, analyzing historical documents, and creative writing assignments.

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Unit Plan-The Civil War Period - 2/27-3/6 Standards

This unit plan outlines a 2 week unit on the American Civil War period from February 27th to March 6th. The standards and objectives focus on the causes of the Civil War including the role of slavery, key events and leaders, and the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address. Materials include textbooks, notebooks, guided notes, pictures, videos clips, and worksheets. Planned activities include taking video notes, watching clips from films about the Civil War, learning about generals and battles through games and videos, analyzing historical documents, and creative writing assignments.

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Unit Plan- The Civil War Period- 2/27-3/6

Standards:
VUS.7 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era and
their importance as major turning points in American history by
- evaluating the multiple causes of the Civil War, including the role of the
institution of slavery as a principal cause of the conflict;
- identifying the major events and the roles of key leaders of the Civil War Era,
with emphasis on Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee,
and Frederick Douglass;
- analyzing the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the principles
outlined in Lincolns Gettysburg Address;
Objectives:
- Students will be able to identify the sectional differences between the North and
the South.
- Students will be able to determine the importance of the Election of 1860.
- Students will be able to influence of slavery.
- Students will be able to determine the cause and order of secession from the
Union.
- Students will learn about the first shots of the Civil War.
- Students will be able to accurately describe camp life and warfare tactics used
during the Civil War.
- Students will be able to determine the two turning points of the war. (Gettysburg
and Vicksburg)
- Students will be able to acknowledge the importance of the Emancipation
Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.
- Students will be able to characterize important figures in the Civil War Period. (i.e
Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Stonewall Jackson, George Pickett, Joshua L.
Chamberlain.)
Materials:
- Students will need book and notebook everyday. We will look at pictures in the
book to show demonstrations. Students will also need guided notes(I will provide).
Students will need colored pencils. (I will provide) I will need a computer each day, we
will show video clips from the Civil War. Students will need Civil War project worksheet.
Students will need handout on songs of the war.
Activities
2/27: Video Notes
2/28:The Blue and The Gray video clips; Gods and Generals Video clip
3/1 Gods and Generals video clip (Fredericksburg)
3/2 Gods and Generals video clip (Chancellorsville); Who's who? Generals Game
3/3 Sullivan Ballou letter, Emancipation Proclamation taught by Barney Fife, Amputation
example, American Idol-Civil War style
Story of Cave life at Vicksburg, Gettysburg video clip,
3/5 Gettysburg video clips on Picketts Charge and Chamberlains Charge, Drawing of
battlefield for Picketts Charge, Creative Writing Assignment
3/6 Gettysburg address, Video scene from Lincoln

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