Civil War

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Civil War

• By Kevin Underwood
• Grade Level 8

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Goal

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

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America Heritage People in Societies

• Time, Continuity, and Change

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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.

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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.

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Websites

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

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People in Societies

• Culture

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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.

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Activities

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

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Websites

• http//www.civilwarinteractive.com/
• http//members.tripod.com/Chubbles/circuit/cwc.ht
  ml
• http//www.vmi.edu/archtml/cwsource.html
• http//www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
• http//users.erols.com/kfraser/

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World Interactions

• People, Places, and Environment
• Global Connections

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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.

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Activities

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

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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/

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Citizenship Rights And Responsibility

• Power, Authority, Governance
• Civil Ideals and Practices

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Activities

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

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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

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Activities

• Students do a mock trial of Jefferson Davis who
  is charged for treason after the war is over.
• Investigate Lincons Assisination.

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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/

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Democratic Processes

• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
• Civic Ideals and practices

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Activites

• Students to do a book report one general.
• Discuss the importance of the Emancipation
  Proclamation.
• Compare and contrast Lincolns drafts and final
  version of Gettsyburg Address.

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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.

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Websites

• http//www.oz.net/cyndihow/pensions.htm
• http//www.usafa.af.mil/dfeng/index.htmcwarres.ht
  m
• http//www.civilwararchive.com/
• http//www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/gb/civilho
  me.html
• http//www.civilwarpages.com/

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Decision making and Resources

• Power, Authority, and governance
• Production, Distribution, and consumption

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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.

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Activities

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

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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/

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Science, Technology, and Society
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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.

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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

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Websites

• http//www.civilwarletters.com/civil_war_sources.h
  tml
• http//users.erols.com/jreb/regiment.html
• http//www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_out
  side.html?tname2873url2873/
• http//www.wtj.com/wars/civilwar/
• http//www.cr.nps.gov/csd/gettex/

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Conclusion

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