5.29.15 Reconstruction

Objective: Historians of 2019 will analyze the successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era  

Task 1: The Reconstruction Era (part 2) 

Task 2: To what extent did African American achieve full citizenship during Southern Reconstruction? 

Additional Resources:

• African American leaders during Reconstruction 
• iCivics 

5.28.15 Congressional Reconstruction

Objective: Historians of 2019 will analyze the successes and failures of Congressional Reconstruction 

Task 1: The Reconstruction Era

Task 2: To what extent did African American achieve full citizenship during Congressional Reconstruction? 

5.28.15 Reconstruction

Objective: Historians of 2019 will explain the challenges facing the United States after the Civil War; (2) describe the successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War

Task 1: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 

• Today's reading

http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination

Task 3: Presidential Reconstruction (President Andrew Johnson)

• Today's reading 

5.21.15 Civil War

Additional Resources: 
-The Civil War Trust: battles, people, turning points
-Crash Course History: Battles of the Civil War
-Crash Course History: The Civil War, Part 1
-Crash Course History: The Civil War, Part 2
-Brain Pop: Civil War
-Civil War Overview 
-List of additional resources: 

5.20.15 Civil War Battles

Objective: Historians of 2019 will describe the key battle and turning points of the Civil War; (2) analyze historical events in order to answer the historical question, "Why did the north win?" 

Task 1: Total War - Sherman's March through Georgia

Task 2: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

March 4, 1865

5.19.15 Civil War Battles

Objective: Historians of 2019 will (1) explain the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation; (2) explain why the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War 

Task 1: Why did the North win? Analyzing key battles of the Civil War (part 2) 

Task 2: The Gettysburg Address

5.5.15 Civil War Battles

Civil War Battles Presentation Submission Form 

• Submit a link to your assignment here

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5.14.15 Civil War Battles

Objective: Historians of 2019 will (1) describe the significance of key battles in the early years of the Civil War; (2) explain the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation 

Task 1:  Why did the North win? Analyzing key battles of the Civil War (part 2) 

Task 2: The Emancipation Proclamation 

Homework: Read the article, "The Emancipation Proclamation" 

5.13.15 American Civil War - Key Battles

Objective: Historians of 2019 will (1) describe the significance of key battles in the early years of the Civil War; (2) analyze historical events in order to answer the historical question, "Why did the North win?" 

Review: Union vs. Confederacy (Strengths and Weaknesses)

Task 1: Why did the North win? Analyzing key battles of the Civil War

Task 2: Video Clips

• U.S.S. Monitor vs. C.S.S. Virginia 
• Fort Donelson 
• Battle of Shiloh 
• Shenandoah Valley

Additional Resources: 

• Battles of the Civil War (Crash Course US History)

• American Civil War (History.com) 
• American Civil War (History Central) 
• The National Civil War Museum 

5.12.15 Civil War

Objective: Historians of 2019 will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Union and Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War

Task 1: Military Advantages

Task 2: Why did the Union win? Civil War Battles 

Additional Resources: 

• First Battle of Bull Run (Britannica.com) 
• Video - Bull Run (History.com) 

5.8.15 Sectionalism

Objective:  Historians of 2019 will explain how regional differences led to an increased tension between the North and South

 

Task: Sectionalism (North vs. South) 

Additional Resources: 

• Brain Pop - Civil War Causes
• Sectional Crisis (Video Review) 
• The Civil War (PBS) 

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5.7.15

4.30.15 Events Leading up to the Civil War

Objective: Historians of 2019 will describe the events leading to an increased tension between the North and South leading up to the Civil War

Task 1: Dred Scott Case / John Brown's Raid

• Open today's reading (do not make a copy)

Task 2: Videos

Dred Scott Supreme Court Case

John Brown's Raid

Additional Resources:

• Dred Scott (National Park Service)
• Harriet  Beecher Stowe Center 
• John Brown's Holy War (American Experience) 

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4.23.15 Events Leading up to the Civil War

Objective: Historians of 2019 will evaluate the effectiveness of congressional compromises in resolving the conflict between North and South leading up to the Civil War

Task 1: Compromises Leading up to the Civil War

Task 2: Videos

Compromise of 1850 (Hip Hughes)

Compromise of 1850 Lecture Video 

Additional Resources:

• Missouri Compromise (Education Portal)
• Compromise of 1850  (Education Portal) 
• Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Act

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