Civil War Lesson

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Civil War Lesson

• 11th Grade
• By Tony Dalton

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Rationale

• It is important for 11th grade students to
  understand the causes of, and impact of the Civil
  War.

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Objectives of the Lesson

• Identify the causes of the war, as well as the
  sides that each of the states took during the war
• Identify the leaders of the North and the South
• Locates the major battles on a map tell who won
  the battle as well as discuss the importance of
  and impact of each battle

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Objectives continued

• Discuss the historical importance of the outcome
  of the Civil War
• The students will demonstrate that they
  understand the roles of the people or battles in
  the war by doing a research paper on a person,
  place, or event in the war and presenting it to
  the class

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The Civil War Website

• URL http//www.civilwar.com
• this site is full of information about the Civil
  War. Mostly the facts. You can get a time line,
  info on the battles, music from the period, and
  visit other Civil War links.

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The Civil War Home Page

• URL http//www.civil-war.net/main.html
• students can find battle reports, letters,
  diaries, documents, photos, and look at a
  calendar of events that took place this very week
  during the civil war.

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The Civil War Virtual Battlefield Tours

• URL http//www.geocities.com/pentagon/bunker/875
  7/cwvirtual.html
• this site takes the students on a virtual tour of
  each battlefield in the civil war

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The American Civil War Naval War

• URLhttp//www.civilwarhome.com/navalwar.html
• this site gives the students a brief insight on
  the naval part of the war. It tells of both the
  Federal and Confederate Navies and how they
  played a vital part in the war.

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Thomas B. Reeves, Civil War Officer,
Andersonville Prisoner

• URL http//www.rapidnet.com/greg/Tom
• this site tells about the life of a Union Officer
  who was captured and sent to Andersonville Prison
• it also tells of how the Andersonville Prison was
  built and gives a map of how it looked at the
  time of the war

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Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

• URL http//www.suvcw.org/
• this site gives the students info on how to
  research their family history to see if they had
  any relatives in the Union Army

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Sons of confederate Veterans home page

• URL http//www.scv.org/
• this site shows how students can research their
  family history to see if they had any relatives
  in the Confederate Army
• it also gives the latest information on the
  Confederate Flag issues

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Andersonville Civil War Prison--a historical
background

• URL http//www.cr.nps.gov/seac/histback.html
• this site shows an aerial view of the prison, as
  well as shows how the prisoners were divided
  amongst themselves
• it also shows how it was built as well as why it
  was built where it was

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Ohio in the Civil War

• URL http//www.my.ohio.voyager.net/lstevens/a/c
  ivil.html
• it allows the students to research their home
  state to see if their hometown had any volunteers

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Civil War Interactive--an online magazine

• URL http//www.civilwarinteractive.com/
• this is a magazine that tells what happened
  during the civil war that particular day
• there are several cookbooks in this magazine
• it also gives info on current civil war
  reinactments

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Civil War books and media

• URL http//www.civilwarbooksandmedia.com/
• this site gives info on virtually every book
  published about the civil war as well as games to
  play
• there are also ways to find information for a
  research project on this site

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Activities

• 1. During the Civil War unit the students will
  play the Civil War Game on the computer, where
  they will get to choose a side and recruit their
  own army. They will save the game and continue
  everyday where they left off. At the end of the
  unit they will present their outcome of their
  game.

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Activities

• 2. The students will use the websites listed to
  do their research paper on person, place, or
  event during the Civil War.
• 3. For further reading, the students can read the
  book Uncle Toms Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Activities

• 4. We will as a class watch the Time Life Theater
  movies of the Civil War
• 5. The students will use the learning center to
  do the crossword puzzle, and the word search for
  reviewing the chapter.

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Activities

• 6. The students must look at the Civil War
  Almanac to do their research project
• 7. The students will choose sides, either the
  North or South and debate their reasons for
  secession and for going to war

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Activities

• 8. After reading the chapter the students will
  debate why many white southerners felt that
  slavery was essential.
• 9. The students will discuss the events that
  took place during each Presidents term at the
  time of the Civil War and tell how effective they
  were as leaders

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Activities

• 10. Given a map of the United States during the
  late 1800s, the students will label the states,
  the Mason-Dixon Line, and at least five important
  battles that took place

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Conclusion

• Unit culminating experiences we will wrap up
  the unit by listening to each students research
  paper that they chose. Then we will discuss
  anything that they might not understand and then
  take the multiple choice and one essay question
  exam.
• After the exam is graded we will go over it so I
  can see how to change my teaching strategies for
  this unit next year.