"No war has had a more porfound effect in the United States of America than the Civil War. Its outcome not only determined the political future of the country, but asked how American society would develop. The outcome of the Civil War has affected almost every American living today."

The Bloodiest War, Timothy Levi Biel

 

Course
American Civil War
EDC 655 - Curriculum & Technology
Pepperdine University
Spring 2005

 

Audience
Grade 10 Skill Level Social Students Students

 

 

Instructors
Tara Cowe-Sigai
Karen Connaghan

 

 

Online Classroom
TappedIn - The Cove
Tara: IM - JediTeach1
Karen: IM - kmc4598

   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 
   

 

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

 


 

  • Sectional differences between north and south were the root of the civil war.
  • There are at least two sides to every historical issue, and to each site their view is the correct one.
  • The legacy of the Civil War exists in American culture today.

Lesson One:

Essential Question: What were the causes of the Civil War?

Objectives

  • Students will analyze and assess the causes of the Civil War
  • Students will describe the events leading up to the civil war
  • Students will understand that sectional differences between the north and the south were the root of the civil war

Lesson Two:

Essential Question: Why were there (or what are the) different points of view regarding the Civil War?

Objectives

  • Students will gain insight into multiple perspectives on the Civil War
  • Students will hypothesize Southern reaction to northerners in the south
  • Students will hypothesize reactions of Northerners, White Southerners and Freedman to social, economic, and poitical changes in the South after the Civil War

Lesson Three:

Essential Questions: What conditions existed during reconstruction that created an environment in which the KKK could be developed? What social, political, and economic evidence do we see of the legacy of the Civil War in our society today?

Objectives

  • Students will be able to describe the conditions that existed during Reconstruction that created an environment in which the KK could develop
  • Students will discuss the lasting impact Reconstruction has had on the United States

 

Learning Experiences and Instruction

Students will need to know....

Key Terms:

  • Key Terms:

    sectionalism

    confederacy

    union

    reconstruction

    emancipation

    amendment

    secession

    fugitive

    scalawag

    compromise

    carpetbagger
     
  • Concepts:

    causes of the Civil War
    components of the missouri Compromise
    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    impact of the Dred Scott decision on the country
    components of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments & their impact
    political divisions of the time period
    political outcomes of the war
    states' rights and impact on the union
    impact of major battles: Gettysburg, Sherman's march to the sea.

Students will need to be able to....

  • Complete a chart on the causes of the Civil War including determining impact of the events on N/S relations
  • Write a multi paragraph essay.
  • Express the point of view of at least one group involved in the Civil war in oral or written form
  • Participate in a discussion in Tapped In in a positive participatory way.
  • Evaluate your own participation in TI
  • Compile and organize current events into a journal
  • Make connections between current events and the Civil War era to demonstrate an understanding of the continuity of history.