UNIT 5: The Civil War


Links to excellent Civil War websites

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/annotated_list.html

 

 

Civil War Cornell Notes

 

TheTurning Point the turning point civil war note.doc

The War Ends The War Ends- Cornell Note.doc

 

 

 

Multimedia Presentations

Southern Secession http://bit.ly/9Ta5NW

Mobilization http://bit.ly/aRyXO4

Military Strategy http://bit.ly/ah9X4a

Battles http://bit.ly/c5vviV

Lincoln and Civil Liberties http://bit.ly/c9sxFA

Emancipation Proclamation http://bit.ly/9YmlzI

13th Amendment http://bit.ly/9OOoVJ

Election of 1864 http://bit.ly/b4oYC7

Effects of the War on the South http://bit.ly/92Rle3

Reconstruction Begins http://bit.ly/9DkoVv

Reconstruction

Presidential Reconstruction http://bit.ly/d5L9H0

Black Codes http://bit.ly/b7cDgZ

Congressional Reconstruction http://bit.ly/dwoDGB

Impeachment of Johnson http://bit.ly/aBL1mw

Reconstructed South http://bit.ly/aR7zJq

Reconstruction Ends http://bit.ly/al8SgV

 

Civil War Battles

www.civilwar.org/education/students/

Interactive Battles Map  http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/civilwar/lesson2/

 

Small Group Acting Rubric

SGA Rubric.doc

 

Gettysbury Address http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gettysburgaddress.htm

 

Electoral Map 1860 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege1860.svg

Electoral Map 2008 http://www.npr.org/news/specials/election2008/2008-election-map.html#/president?view=race08

 

The Eve of War Exercise Links

 

Economic Balance 

http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/civilwar/lesson1/ 

Please note that the second link (www.gilderman...) does not work.  Use your text pp 350-356 for supplementary information.

 

Military Balance

http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/cmdrs/

 

Diplomatic Balance

http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1722

Word Web Examples

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using the interactive Civil War map, have students, in pairs, select a battle to research. Students can then create some visual presentation (PowerPoint, poster, etc.) in which they display to the class the information concerning their battle.