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Unit 6: Lesson Plans




 

Civil War

Day 1  | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5  | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9| Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12

Civil War Webquest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 1
 

 

 

 

Discussion and activities on Ante-Bellum period of American History

Assignment: Read p.224-225 (A.H.book) "Enslaved African-Americans Resist", and p. 250-251 (A.H. book)" Calls for Immediate Abolition". Write down the importance of the Rebellions and Abolitionists to this time period.

Long-term Assignment: Civil War Map due day 4

 

Day 2
 

 

 

Discussion and Activities based on Rebellions and Abolitionists

Assignment: Look through p. 298-317 (A.H. book) and write down the importance of : Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Sumner, the Dred Scott Case, and John Brown's Raid.

 

Day 3
 

Discussion and Activities based on the issue of slavery in the colonies

 

Day 4
 

 

 

Discussion and Activities on Lincoln and the readiness for war on both the Union and Confederate sides

Assignment: Read p. 325-332 (A.H. book) and write a complete description of the first battle of the war.

 

Day 5
 

 

 

Discussion and Activities on the first battle of the Civil War and camp life

Assignment: Write a letter to a loved one as if you were just about to enter the Battle of Bull Run. (letter must be one full page and include both events and feelings)

 

Day 6
 

 

Discussion and Video on the horrors and destruction of war

Assignment: Read Civil War Soldier packet and Unofficial Truces Handout.

 

Day 7
 

 

 

Activities on the events of the Civil War

Assignment: Read p. 350-351 (A.H. book) "End of War" and also read about Lincoln's Assassination. Must be able to tell the story without the use of notes.

 

Day 8
 

 

 

Discussion and Activities based on Lincoln's actions and assassination

Assignment: Read p. 366-370 (A. H. book), complete a Venn diagram of the three Reconstruction Plans. Complete an essay explaining whether or not you feel Congress was justified in impeaching Johnson. (essay due day 10)

 

Day 9
 

 

 

Discussion and Activities based on the Economic, Political and Social Problems faced by the U.S. at the end of the war

Assignment: Essay assigned on Day 8 is due on Day 10

 

Day 10
 

 

 

Discussion and Activities on life in the South during Reconstruction

Assignment: Read p. 371-375 (A.H. book) complete Civil War Amendment Worksheet

 

Day 11
 

 

 

Discussion and Activities on Civil War Amendments and the Freedman's Bureau Commission

Assignment: Read War Transforms South Packet and create a chart of changes that occurred in both the North and the South.

 

Day 12

 

 

Review for Civil War Test

Assignment: Civil War and Reconstruction Test on Day 13