civilwar

Civil War

Grade Level: 4th-7^th Grade

Length: 10 weeks

Reason of Study:

To get an appreciation for the differences that still lie between the North and South as well as the prejudice that continues somewhat between some factions of blacks and whites, one must study this time frame of our American History. In studying, hopefully, we can determine for ourselves that war does not come easy as well as appreciate that no man or woman should ever be enslaved to another.

Unit's Objectives:

Learn the causes of the Civil War
Compare North and South regions of time frame
Investigate major events leading up to the war
Study slavery and the Underground Railroad
Investigate the major battles of the war, set up those battles using manipulatives, and determine the losses of each.
Learn about the major characters in this war.
Learn about the culture of those left at home and that of the soldiers.
Compare different reconstruction plans and the ultimate fate of the South.
Learn how to put together a newspaper with articles and cut and paste of photos.

Vocabulary

underground railroad	Mason Dixon line	slavery
confederacy	CSA	auction
drinking gourd	abolitionist	Harper's Ferry
Ft. Sumpter	battle	causality
Yankee	Rebel	Rebel cry
advancement	Missouri Compromise	anti-slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act	Dred Scott	Fugitive Slave Act
batteries	West Point	maneuver
retreat	inhabitants	reinforcements
bombardment	infantry entrenchments	hardtack
Gettysburg Address	photography	military
typhoid fever	military intelligence	counter attack
command	earth works	resigned
genteel	calvary	frigate
spyglass	Navy	ironclad
artillery	reelection	freedom
Emancipation Proclamation	blockade	siege
restoration	target	succession
cannons	regulations	Klu Klux Klan
ballads	statehood	segregation
Andersonville	assassination	victory
reconstruction	flank	convalescent

Christian Character/Bible:

Courage

Scriptures:

Resources:

Teacher Resource Books:

Carratello, John and Patty, Thematic Unit Civil War, Teacher Created Materials, 1991, ISBN 1-55734-290-3 (Ideas used for first aid at co-op, slave music coding information, flag patterns, casualty graph idea, and many questions implemented in teacher made trivia game.)

The History Place, U.S. Civil War 1861-1865, http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html (Used pictures and information for student made timeline as well as for planning sequence of units.)

Civil War Graphs, http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/graphs.htm (good visual of asset comparisons between North and South)

John Brown's Holy War, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/sfeature/song.html (words to the song John Brown's Body as well as other links from site to his timeline, map of his adventures, and the people and events involved in this time frame.)

The Connecticut Historical Society's Civil War Envelope Reproductions, http://www.chs.org/family/images.html (envelopes of time frame from the North downplaying the South)

Core Knowledge, Reconstruction: A Time of Turbulence, http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/599Reconstrctn.pdf (Used heavily in the last two weeks of this unit.)

The Civil War: The War Across Five Aprils, http://home.rocheter.rr.com/inwoods/civilwar.htm (Fantastic site! Used the ideas for our student timelines and newspapers)

Gomez, Linda , Civil War notes, posted in files in Konos Support, http://yahoo.groups.com/KonosSupport.html (Used a lot of their ideas for the first co-op on slavery)

Before Brother Fought Brother: Life in the North and South 1847-1861, http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/before_brother.html (much of the first week information for this unit was found at this site, pictures, newspapers, and all.)

Home and Garden Television, Clues in the Quilts, http://www.hgtv.com/HGTV/project/printProject/o,1163,CRHO_project_7305,FF.html (patterns and explanations for freedom quilt blocks)

York, Kathleen A., Civil War Men's Sketchbook, The House of York (Children were able to gather information for creating own uniforms)

Pofahl, Jane, The Civil War: North and South, T. S. Denison & Company, The Time Traveler Series, 1995, ISBN 513-00259-7 (Used many of their mini-biography sketches in teaching lessons)

Pofahl, Jane, The Civil War: A Nation Divides, T. S. Denison & Company, The Time Traveler Series, 1995, ISBN 513-02260-0 (Used many of their mini-biography sketches in teaching lessons)

McNeese, Tim, America Divided 1820-1877, Milliken Publishing Company, American Timeline Series Grades 7-9, 1986, ISBN 1-88335-404-7 (Used some of their worksheets)

Gowan, Hugh and Judy, Blue and Grey Cookery: Authentic Recipes From the Civil War Years, 1983, Daisy Publications (Source for recipes used in co-ops and end of unit gathering)

King, David C., American Kids in History Civil War Days, 1999, John Wiley and Sons Inc., ISBN 0-471-24612-3 (Some recipes used)

Egger-Bovet, Howard and Smith-Baranzine, Marlene, Brown Paper School US Kids History: Book of American Civil War, 1998, Little Brown and Co., ISBN 0-316-22324-7 (Some neat little stories used and ideas. Used dog tent idea, pig pen game, drama sketches, and morse code activities.)

Student Reference Books:

Cohen, Stan, The Civil War in West Virginia: A Pictorial History, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1982, ISBN 0-933126-02-6
Flato, Charles, The Golden Book of the Civil War, Golden Books Publishing Company, 1961, (Use as text for this unit)
Freedman, Russell, Lincoln: A Photobiograph, Scholastic Inc., 1987, ISBN 0-590-42145-X
McHugh, Michael J. and Morris, Dr. Charles, A Child's Story of America, Christian Liberty Press, 1989,

Welcome to Addy's World 1864: Growing up During America' s Civil War, The American Girl's Collection, 1999, ISBN 1-56247-771-4
Moore, Kay, If You Lived at the TIme of the Civil War, 1994, Scholastic Inc., ISBn 0-590-45422-6
McGovern, Ann, If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln, 1966, Scholastic Inc., ISBN 0-590-45154-5
Levine, Ellen, If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad, 1988, Scholastic Inc., ISBN 0-590-45156-1
Copeland, Peter F., The Story of the Underground Railroad, Dover Coloring Book, Dover Publications, 2000, ISBN 0-486-41158-3
Copeland, Peter F., Story of the Civil War Coloring Book, Dover Coloring Book, Dover Publications, 1991, ISBN 0-486-26532-3
Kent, Zachary, Cornerstones of Freedom: The Story of John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, 1988, Children's Press, ISBN 0-516-44734-3
Chang, Ina, A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War, 1991, Lodestar Books, ISBN 0-525-67365-2
Hakim, Joy, War, Terrible War, 1994, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-507755-5
Copeland, Peter F., Civil War Uniforms, 1977, Dover Coloring Book, Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-23535-1
Hamilton, Virginia, Many Thousand Gone: African Americans From Slavery to Freedom, 1993, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., ISBN 0-394-82873-9
Sawyer, Kem Knapp, The Underground Railroad in American History, 1997, Enslow Publishers, ISBN 0-89490-885-5
Bial, Raymond, The Underground Railroad, 1995, Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN 0-395-69937-1
Ciment, James, The Young People's History of the United States, 1998, Barnes and Noble Books, ISBN 0-760-70639-5
Ray, Delia, A Nation Torn: The Story of How The Civil War Began, A Young Readers' History of the Civil War Series, 1990, Puffin Books, ISBN 0-14-038105-8
Ray, Delia, Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War, Young Readers' History of the Civil War Series, 1991, Puffin Books, ISBN 0-14-038304-2
Gorrell, Gena K., North Star to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad, 1996, Delacorte Press, ISBN 0-385-32319-0
Burd, Frank, Civil War Book of Facts, John Hinde Curteich, ISBN 1-890541-08-7
Green, Carl R. and Sanford, William R., The Civil War Soldier at Atlanta, 1991, Capstone Press, ISBN 1-56065002-8

Living Books:

Keith, Harold, Rifles for Watie, 1957, Harper Collins Publishers, ISBN 0-06-447030-X
Denenberg, Barry, When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, 1996, Scholastic Inc., ISBN 0-590-22862-5
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1851, Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-21218-4
Hudson, Wade and Cheryl, How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for Children, 1995, Scholastic Inc., ISBN 0-590-48034-0
McKissack, Patricia C., Mirandy and Brother Wind, 1988, Scholastic Inc., ISBN 0-590-13509-0
Steptoe, John, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, 1987, Scholastic Inc., ISBN 0-590-42058-5
Kroll, Virginia, Masai and I, 1992, Four Winds Press, ISBN 0-02-751165-0
Winter, Jeanette, Follow the Drinking Gourd, 1988, Alfred A. Knopf Publishing, ISBN 0-679-81977-5
Edwards, Pamela Duncan, Barefoot Escape on the Underground Railroad, 1998, Scholastic Inc., ISBN 0-590-67554-0
Wintz, William D., edited, Civil War Memories of Two Rebel Sisters, 1989, Pictorial Histories Publishing Co, ISBN 0-929521-24-2
Hunt, Irene, Across Five Aprils, 1964, Berkley Books, ISBN 0-425-10241-6
Cary, Barbara, Meet Abraham Lincoln, 1989, Random House, ISBN 0-394-81966-7
Morgan, Sarah, edited by East, Charles, The Civil War Diary of a Southern Woman, 1991, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0-671-78503-6
Lutz, Norma Jean, The American Adventure Series, Trouble on the Ohio River, 1997, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-232-8
Ditto, The American Adventure Series, Escape From Slavery, 1997, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-233-6
Jones, Veda Boyd, The American Adventure Series, Cincinnati Epidemic, 1997, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-255-7
Hinman, Bonnie, The American Adventure Series, Riot in the Night, 1997, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-256-5
Lutz, Norma Jean, The American Adventure Series, Fight For Freedom, 1997, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-257-3
Ditto, The American Adventure Series, Enemy or Friend?, 1997, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-258-1
Miller, Susan Martins, The American Adventure Series, Danger on the Railroad, 1997, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-259-X
Ditto, The American Adventure Series, Time for Battle, 1997, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-260-3
Lutz, Norma Jean, The American Adventure Series, The Rebel Spy, 1998, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-267-0
Ditto, The American Adventure Series, War's End, 1998, Barbour Publishing Inc., ISBN 1-57748-268-9
Alcott, Louisa May, Little Women,

Bains, Rae, Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield, 1982, Troll Associates, ISBN 0-89375-753-5
Harness, Cheryl, Young Abe Lincoln: The Frontier Days, 1809-1837, 1996, National Geographic Society, ISBN 0-7922-2713-1
Ditto, Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington 1837-1865, 1997, National Geographic Society, ISBN 0-7922-3736-6
Hesse, Karen, A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin: Fenwick Island, Delaware 1861, Dear America Series, 1999, Scholastic, Inc., ISBN 0-590-56733-0
Kantor, MacKinlay, Lee and Grant at Appomattox, 1950, Landmark Books, Random House Pub.
Reit, Seymour, Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy, 1988, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 9-15-200416-5
Wroble, Lisa A., Kids During the American Civil War, 1997, The Rosen Publishing Co., ISBN 0-8239-5123-5
Ciment, James PHD, Young People's History of the United States

Robinet, Harriette Gillem, Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule

Hakim, Joy, Reconstruction and Reform

Hansen, Joyce, I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly

Audovisual Materials:

Little Women

Gone With the Wind

Roots

North and South

Gettysburg

Computer Resources and Games:

Teacher made Civil War trivia game - Copy can be found at http://www.flashcardexchange.com/card_set.jsp?id=4370

Field Trip(s):

Civil War Presentation and Sharing of antiques
Civil War Days and Enactment at Bob Evans Farm
Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park, West Virginia

Activities:

Throughout the Unit:

Dress up in costume (Language Art)

Read a variety of books on the unit theme (Language Art)

Add timeline characters as they are studied to main timeline (Social Studies)

Complete weekly headline news story for Civil War Newspaper. Use Microsoft Publisher Program to set up and clip art from various Internet sources. (Language Arts)

Sample of one week's newspaper the girls put together:

Read The Civil War as text (Language Arts)

Using poster board and student-made manipulatives, set up battles and dramatize with Civil
War men. (Social Studies)

Map markings of Civil War victories as they are studied on a United States Map. (Geography)

Student created timeline pictures and paragraphs. (I took this idea from , http://home.rocheter.rr.com/inwoods/civilwar.htm . She does a very good job explaining how she did this and provides good pictures of the finished product. (Language Arts and Social
Studies)

Graph of battle casualties. (Math and Social Studies)

Work on weekly vocabulary (Language Arts)

Week 1: Differences between the North and South

Discuss idea of fighting loved ones. Rethink an area where siblings or cousins fought and the argument was never really resolved. How did you feel? Why couldn't it be resolved? Why were both parties determined that they were right? How can both sides be right? Is it possible that both sides were right and yet wrong? What does the Bible tell us about such fighting? (Social Studies)

Read I Thought We Were Friends story in Brown Paper School book and discuss (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Chart differences between North and South. (Simple T-chart listing North on one side and South on the other.) (Social Studies)

Read A Nation Torn (Language Arts)

Discuss the character of courage (Bible)

Look at trade map of 1860. Where were most of the factories? ( Can be found at: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/before_brother.html )(Social Studies)

Compare plantations with factories. Look at the rules of the time for both. Note the setup for both. (Can be found at: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/before_brother.html) (Social Studies)

Sing songs of oppression for both the slaves and the mill workers. (Can be found at: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/before_brother.html ) (music)

Compare North and South assets in a graph. (Social Studies)

Copy of Ashlee's finished graph:

Compare Northern and Southern newspapers of time. Besides the radical few called abolitionists, did the North really view slavery or blacks in any higher light than the south? What did those who wanted slavery ended think would happen to the black man once he was free? What did happen to slaves when they reached freedom? Did the North accept him with open arms? Did the North or South either one please God in their view of their fellow man? What problems can you foresee may occur with the attitudes in place at this time once the slaves are freed? ( Newspapers can be found at: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/before_brother.html )(Social Studies)

Look into inventions that contributed to the differences and problems between the North and South and the men who made them. Focus primarily on the spinning jenny by James Hargreaves and the cotton gin by Eli Whitney. This may be a good time to introduce Samuel Morse with his morse code because it will have a big part in the war. (Social Studies)

Play act Mary Chestnut and Her Diary (Play can be found at http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/chestnutplay.pdf )
(Language Arts)

Articles for paper (1850-1852) One student does article on slavery versus factories. Another on the non-slave holding families of the south. Include an advertisement for a runaway slave. (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Watch Little Women (Language Arts)

Week 2: Events Leading to War

Read on Nat Turners Rebellion and Henry Clay and his compromises (Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850). How does these events link? (Used Denison books) (Social Studies and Reading)

Do compromise of 1850 map (Found in Denison books)(Geography and Social Studies)

Investigate the Dred Scott Case. How did this effect the land? (Found in American Timeline 1820-1877) (Social Studies)

Investigate the Kansas-Nebreska Act. How did this lead to "Bleeding Kansas"? (Found in American Timeline 1820-1877) (Social Studies)

Read article on Bleeding Kansas and answer question sheet (Found in American Timeline 1820-1877) (Reading and Social Studies)

Discuss Harriet Beecher Stowe and her impact on the country's division. (Social Studies)

Read The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe. (Reading and Social Studies)

Color picture of Harriet Beecher Stowe. (Found in Dover Coloring books) (Art)

Have students read Classics Illustrated Uncle Tom's Cabin. (Reading)

Discuss John Brown. Look at web site for him and note map and biography. (Can be found at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/sfeature/song.html) (Social Studies and Computer)

Read The Story of John Brown at Harper's Ferry. (Reading and Social Studies.)

Complete Venn diagram comparing John Brown with Nat Turner. (Took a double circle Venn Diagram and marked Nat Turner on one side and John Brown on the other) (Social Studies and Math)

Color pictures of Harper's Ferry raid and John Brown on his way to his execution. (Found in Dover Coloring books) (Art)

Newspaper articles (1852-1856) will include one on Bleeding Kansas and the Senate floor fight between Sumner and Brooks. Another one will be an article on Henry Clay and his compromises. Include advertisement for the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Week 3: Slavery, Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad

Look at pictures of a crowded slave ship, a ship diagram showing how slaves were packed, and a map that shows where the population of blacks were prior to the war. Discuss findings. (Information and pictures can be found at http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/before_brother.html ) (Social Studies)

Watch Roots (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Read The Last Safe House and a variety of others on slavery. (Reading and Social Studies)

Create map of Underground Railroad. (Can be found at http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/grade5/UGRR!.JPG )(Geography)

Read biography on Harriet Tubman (Reading and Social Studies)

Color pictures of Moses and do word find. (Picture came from Dover Coloring books and word find from Denison books) (Art and Language Arts)

Read Barefoot, Follow the Drinking Gourd, and If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad. (Reading)

Color picture of slave ship. (From Dover Coloring Books) (Art)

Discuss abolitionists Douglas and Truth. (Social Studies)

Read sections of North Star to Freedom. (Reading and Social Studies)

Create an auction poster. (Art)

Do storytelling of Brier Rabbit. (Language Arts)

Read Welcome to Addy's World. Make note of the culture of the time. (Reading and Social Studies)

Sing slave songs. (Music can be found at http://www.gospels.ch/Geschichte/gospel.htm ) (Music)

Discuss North conditions of freedom. (Social Studies)

Do color sheet of slavery and auction. How does these scenes make you feel? (Found in Dover Coloring Books) (Art and Social Studies)

Discuss Henry Box Brown and do color sheet. (Found in Dover Coloring Books) (Social Studies and Art)

Make lanterns to welcome runaways. (These are simply cans that food came in and were cleaned up and paper removed. If you fill these with water and freeze before nailing your holes in your design, it will work much easier. The handles were wire that were placed in the holes in the side. Small tea candles were placed inside.) (Art)

Do a runaway for your life scenario from T. S. Denison (Drama, Social Studies, and Life Skills)

Do color sheets on Underground Railroad and slave catchers. (Found in Dover Coloring Books) (Art)

Visit Underground Railroad on National Geographic Site at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad.html (Computer and Social Studies)

Watch movie Roots (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Newspaper (1856-1860) articles include Harper's Ferry with John Brown and Underground Railroad with Harriet Tubman. Include advertisement for slave auction. (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Slavery Co-op
- Students dramatize slavery ship ride. (Drama)
- Discuss the freedom quilt idea. Read Sweet Clara and the Freedom
Quilt. Create blocks for own freedom quilt. (Art and Social Studies)
- Discuss coding of slave music. Sing some slave songs. Create own
slavery song in teams. (Music)
- Create dishes and feast on a typical slave's dinner. (Life Skills)

Autumn as a slave:

The Co-ops freedom quilt:

Play Plantation Life Board Game from Brown Bag School book (Social Studies and Game)

Week 4: Civil War 1860 and 1861

Continue reading A Nation Torn. (Social Studies and Reading)

Students read biographies on Abraham Lincoln (Reading and Social Studies)

Do symmetry art lesson on Lincoln's face (Art and Math)

Discuss and read about South Carolina's succeeding from the Union. (Social Studies)

Begin writing articles on students' timeline. (Social Studies and Language Arts)

Read sections of The Civil War as text (Social Studies)

Map Southern and Northern states (Found in Brown Bag School book) (Geography and Social Studies)

Study battle of Bull Run and set up on poster field. Add winning star to student maps. (Social Studies)

Dramatize The Battle at Bull Run from Brown Bag School Book (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Read biography sketches on Lee, Jackson, and McClellon. (Reading and Social Studies)

Color flags of both sides and discuss symbolism. (Found in Teacher Created Press.) (Art and Social Studies)

Design uniforms and create (Art)

Ashlee's Costume:

Autumn's Costume:

Newspaper articles (1860 & 1861) to include Auction write-up, Battle of Bull Run, Lincoln's election, and the firing of Ft. Sumpter. (Social Studies and Language Art)

Week 5: Civil War 1862

Discuss battles of Shiloh, 2^nd Bull Run, and Antietam. Arrange battlefields and mark winning star on students' maps. (Social Studies)

Investigate Monitor and Merrimack. Dramatize. (Social Studies and Drama)

Discuss the life of a soldier and visit site on web. (Can be found: (Social Studies and Computer)

Create a recruitment poster. (Art)

Graph casualties (Math)

Newspaper articles to include are sketch on Lee and battle casualties (Social Studies and Language Arts)

Soldier Day Co-op. Many of these activities were given points, and the children were divided into Southern and Northern armies. More men and better ammunition was given to the North to give a flavor to what those advantages did for the war. The North did win, but barely. It ended up being a fairly true to life scenario.
- Sing battle songs (Music)
- Set up camp with dog tents and campfire (Life Skills and Social Studies)
- Dress in costume and re-enact battles (Drama)
- Soldier game past times (Health)
- Prepare and eat soldier food (Life Skills)
- Drill practice (Drama and Life Skills)
- Target practice and gun safety lesson (Life Skills)
- Do first aid lesson and relay (Health)
- Battle between North and South with trivia questions on war (Game)
- Look at Morse Code and try to decipher a message (Language Arts)
- Water balloon/cannon targets on battle field (Game)

Picture of Ashlee's Dog Tent:

Picture of Autumn's Dog Tent:

Week 6: Civil War 1863

Discuss battles of Fredericksburg and Murfreesburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga. Arrange battlefields and add winning star to maps (Social Studies)

Discuss Emancipation Proclamation and what that meant. (Social Studies)

Investigate Stonewall's death. (Social Studies)

Discuss photography and Matthew Brady (Social Studies and Art)

Watch Gettysburg (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Look at Civil War pictures and discuss (Lincoln's Pictobiography was a good source as well as Internet sources) (Art and Social Studies)

Read about a soldier's life. Read some of their letters home. (Many can be found on the web) (Reading and Social Studies)

Newspaper articles 1863 include Gettysburg Address and Stonewall's death. Include advertisement for abolitionist meeting or pamphlet. (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Week 7: Civil War 1864

Discuss battles of Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor. Arrange battlefields and add winning star to maps (Social Studies)

Investigate Sherman's march to Atlanta and the Sea. (Social Studies)

Map out Sherman's march (Geography)

Discuss women's role in the war. Read A Separate Battle. (Reading and Social Studies)

Compare on graphic chart Southern women with Northern women and Slave women during this time frame. (Used a 3 circle Venn Diagram labels as suggested above.) (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Make gingerbread men. (Life Skills)

Write letter home to Momma from a woman in service. (Language Art)

Dress up as time frame women and have tea. (Many of this week's activities got arranged into a Lady's Day Co-op) (Social Studies, Life Skills, and Drama)

Newspapers Articles 1864 include articles Lincoln's re-election and Sherman's march. (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Complete Civil War Crossword puzzle. (Found in Teacher Created Materials) (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Week 8: Civil War 1865

Discuss the end of the war. (Social Studies and Language Arts)

Lee surrenders coloring sheet (Found in Dover Coloring books) (Art)

Graph polished on casualties (Math)

Discuss Lincoln's assassination. (Social Studies)

Study timeline on John Wilkes Booth ( Found at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/sfeature/song.html ) (Social Studies)

Color sheet on the shooting of Abraham Lincoln (Found in Dover Coloring books) (Art)

Discuss last surrender of the war. (Social Studies)

Watch the movie Gone with the Wind (Language Arts)

Newspaper articles 1865 include Lee's Surrender, 13^th amendment, War's end with total of losses, and Lincoln's assassination. (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Week 9: Reconstruction

Study Lincoln's plan for reconstruction. (Gettysburg Address) (Social Studies)

Rewrite Lincoln's plan in your own words. (Language Arts)

Do Northern and Southern conflicting viewpoints worksheet from Core Knowledge Reconstruction lesson plan. (Social Studies)

Read biography on Andrew Johnson. How did he become president? Discuss political procedures in the case of an assassination of a president. (Reading and Social Studies)

Investigate Johnson's plan of reconstruction and compare to Radical Republican's viewpoint. Complete graphic organizer comparing the different views on reconstruction found in Core Knowledge lesson plan. (Social Studies)

Discuss emergence of black codes and compare lifestyles of blacks and white of time frame. (Social Studies)

Research carpetbaggers, scalawags, and Freeman's Bureau. Complete worksheet on the difference between these three as found in Core Knowledge lesson plan. (Social Studies)

Newspaper articles include plans for reconstruction and the new South. (Language Arts)

Week 10: Reconstruction

Read on Johnson's impeachment. (Reading and Social Studies)

Discuss impeachment procedures in this country. (Civics)

Read document of actions taken by Johnson leading to impeachment (Social Studies)

List actions of Johnson's that lead to his impeachment as discussed in the lesson plan from Core Knowledge. (Social Studies)

Discuss the three new amendments of time frame. Explain in own words the amendments. (Language Arts and Social Studies)

Discuss southern feelings over blacks and investigate the Klu Klux Klan. Include in discussion how amendments stirred this on. (Social Studies)

Investigate Northern loss of interest in the South. List factors for this and predict what you think will happen as a result. (Social Studies)

Newspaper articles to include Klu Klux Klan and Johnson's impeachment. (Social Studies and Language Arts)

Cumulating Activity:

Attend a Civil War presentation. (Social Studies)

Share night of Civil War adventures. Dressed in costume and invited family and friends. Set up displays for guests to investigate including a Slavery Center with our freedom quilt, freedom lantern, a picture of a crowded slave ship, and a note card of information. Set up a Soldier table displaying war statistics, information on the soldiers, maps, and uniforms. Have grocery flyers on prices of time. Include handouts of newspapers the children did and bookmarks. Have various food selections of time frame and a trivia game for the guests after investigating the centers. (Patterns for bookmarks can be found at http://www.abcteach.com/Bookmarks/civilwar.htm and the note cards can be found at http://www.abcteach.com/DKY%20Cards/civilwar.htm ) (Social Studies and Life Skills)

War Table Setup:
Grocery Flyer:

Assessment:

Civil War Unit Rubric

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