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Civil War

Civil War. By Kevin Underwood Grade Level: 8. Goal. The goal is to educated the students with several different resources like movies, reports, and activities. America Heritage & People in Societies. Time, Continuity, and Change. Activities.

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Civil War

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  1. Civil War • By Kevin Underwood • Grade Level: 8

  2. Goal • The goal is to educated the students with several different resources like movies, reports, and activities.

  3. America Heritage & People in Societies Time, Continuity, and Change

  4. Activities • Students develop time lines of various events that took place during the Civil. • Students create a museum exhibit about life during the Civil War. • Watch the movie, “Gettysburg.”

  5. Activities • Students learn about battles, write diaries using slang, and create biographies of women. • Discuss the causes of the war, and discuss the two leaders of the North and South.

  6. Websites • http://www.civil-war.net/ • http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ • http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm • http://www.civilwar.com/ • http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm

  7. People in Societies Culture

  8. Activities • Students will investigate the music of the Civil War, and how songs were used to arouse emotion. • Groups of four will make a Civil War recipe. • Define the slang words of Civil War.

  9. Activities • Students learn about the Underground Railroad. • Explore the symbolism of the flags, and create flags of their own.

  10. Websites • http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/ • http://members.tripod.com/~Chubbles/circuit/cwc.html • http://www.vmi.edu/~archtml/cwsource.html • http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/ • http://users.erols.com/kfraser/

  11. World Interactions People, Places, and Environment Global Connections

  12. Activities • Read an article about an African American soldier serving the Union Army. • Students research how soldiers combat boredom today and during the Civil War. • Read soldiers’ letters.

  13. Activities • Students research cooperatively a female Civil War spy, then present a news broadcast about her contributions. • Read a doctor’s diary, and students discuss the practice of medicine.

  14. Websites • http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html • http://www.ncwa.org/ • http://www.civilwardata.com/ • http://www.civilwarhome.com/ • http://www.awod.com/cwchas/

  15. Citizenship Rights And Responsibility Power, Authority, & Governance Civil Ideals and Practices

  16. Activities • Students study transcriptions of articles from two Augusta county newspapers to see how white Southerners defended the institution of slavery.

  17. Activities • Students explore primary source documents explaining the causes of the Civil War, and take on a role of a person living during this era. • Watch the series: North and South

  18. Activities • Students do a mock trial of Jefferson Davis who is charged for treason after the war is over. • Investigate Lincon’s Assisination.

  19. Websites • http://www.cwreenactors.com/ • http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html • http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/data.htm • http://www.treasurenet.com/ • http://www.civilwarnews.com/

  20. Democratic Processes Individuals, Groups, and Institutions Civic Ideals and practices

  21. Activites • Students to do a book report one general. • Discuss the importance of the “Emancipation Proclamation.” • Compare and contrast Lincoln’s drafts and final version of Gettsyburg Address.

  22. Activities • Do a time line of General Lee life. • Read an article about a prisoner exchange between the Union and Confederate armies arranged by President Lincoln and Stephan Alexander.

  23. Websites • http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htm • http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfeng/index.htm#cwarres.htm • http://www.civilwararchive.com/ • http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/gb/civilhome.html • http://www.civilwarpages.com/

  24. Decision making and Resources Power, Authority, and governance Production, Distribution, and consumption

  25. Activities • Rewrite a different ending to the War. • Plot and map the order of the battles. • As General Lee, strategize your movements in the Gettysburg Battle.

  26. Activities • Play “ Civil War: A Simulation of Civilian and Soldiers Life during the American Civil war.” • Watch “Abraham Lincoln: A New Birth of Freedom.”

  27. Websites • http://home.ptd.net/~nikki/civilwar.htm • http://www.uscivilwar.com/ • http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/unions.html • http://www.ibiscom.com/cwfrm.htm • http://www.multied.com/CivilWar/

  28. Science, Technology, and Society

  29. Activities • Students write and decode messages using Morse code, as Civil War soldiers might have done. • Show how to fire and reload a replica gun during the Civil War period.

  30. Activities • Students make a display on transportation during the war period. • Students study a chart showing Civil War deaths and fill out the worksheet included. • Watch: Touring Civil War Batterfields

  31. Websites • http://www.civilwarletters.com/civil_war_sources.html • http://users.erols.com/jreb/regiment.html • http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=2873&url=2873/ • http://www.wtj.com/wars/civilwar/ • http://www.cr.nps.gov/csd/gettex/

  32. Conclusion • The activities and websites provide several different ways to the Civil War. • The End

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