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THE ERA O F THE CIVIL WAR AP UNITED STATES HISTORY REVIEW FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM

THE ERA O F THE CIVIL WAR AP UNITED STATES HISTORY REVIEW FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM. Dr. Marion Truslow Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Rabun Gap, GA.

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THE ERA O F THE CIVIL WAR AP UNITED STATES HISTORY REVIEW FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM

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  1. THE ERA OF THE CIVILWARAP UNITED STATES HISTORYREVIEW FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM Dr. Marion Truslow Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Rabun Gap, GA

  2. TO BE TAUGHT IN EARLY DECEMBER 2010 to a class of twenty grade 11 and 12 students on a rolling block schedule over two class periods, one of 55 minutes, and the other of 70 minutes meeting on consecutive days. 

  3. Essential Question: How did Cartoonists of the era of the Civil War depict the views of Lincoln and Davis regarding the core concepts and themes of the War—causes, course of war, consequences?  

  4. Learning Expectations and Outcomes: • Students will be able to: • understand the cartoonists’ point of view regarding the depicted notions (political, social, and economic) Lincoln and Davis held • decipher each cartoon according to the template provided by primarily history from the National Archives • relate each of the cartoons to a theme or a standard from the Acorn Book • prepare for the midterm exam on the Civil War era.

  5. Lesson Activities and Procedures: • Divide students into four mixed ability small groups • Each group deciphers each cartoon according to the template provided by Primarily History from the National Archives • The small group answers to each cartoon are juxtaposed with the themes and topics found in the Acorn book.   • One point for each correct answer linked to the theme and the standard in terms of how and why it is correct. • Winning group gets a Dairy Queen Blizzard and a no homework night next semester.  

  6. Summary/Closure Activity: • Each group presents with the projector the cartoons in question on Davis and Lincoln and relate to the essential question. 

  7. Application to Current Events: • National racism of Arizona law to restrict migration, the election of the Nation’s first African American President, etc.

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