The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Civil War Statements #3:

The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal event in the Civil War.

• Gettysburg Animated Map
• The Gettysburg Address

The Union Army had the advantage of enlisting different minority groups for its army.

• Ethnicity, Race, and the Military
• Black Soldiers in the Military
• Glory

The Civil War is considered a modern war because of the improved weapons, communication, and transportation.

• The 5 Most Lethal Weapons of the Civil War
• Key technological Developments 
• The IronClads

Women served in various roles on both sides both at home and on the battlefield.

• Women soldiers
• Women's Civil War Journals
• Clara Barton

Civil War: Antietam, Emancipation, and Photography

Today we will tackle Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation.

Civil War Statement:
The Battle of Antietam gave Lincoln the motivation to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

• Why was the Battle of Antietam significant?
• How was the northern army able to be successful in this battle?
• What was the Emancipation Proclamation, and what impact did it have on the war?

After that, we will be Analyzing Civil War Photography!

Unit 2-The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

The War Itself: Yesterday we were in the library looking at the next 4 True statements about the Civil War. Let's review these as a group.

Virginia was the most important state geographically during the Civil War.Civil War Map

• Where are the capitals of both the United States and the Confederacy? How far apart are they?
• How many battles were fought in VA, and which ones were the most important?
• Why would the focus of the war be in Virginia?
• Animated Maps of Major Battles

The average soldier faced many hardships other than being killed in battle.

• What were some of the hardships that soldiers faced in the armies? 
• What was the deadliest aspect of fighting in the Civil War?
• Civil War 150

Many Northerners did not want to be drafted and fight in the Civil War.(Harvard Lecture)

• How many men volunteered for the war, and how many were drafted?
• How were wealthy men able to buy their way out of service?
• How many draft riots occurred in northern cities during the war?

The Battle of Antietam gave Lincoln the motivation to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

• Why was the Battle of Antietam significant?
• How was the northern army able to be successful in this battle?
• What was the Emancipation Proclamation, and what impact did it have on the war?

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Today is a shortened Block due to Class Wars.

Library/Technology scheduled to finish the 1st four statements about the Civil War.

Don't forget to submit your work on Google classroom by the end of the Block today.

Civil War: Walt Whitman

• Walt Whitman--Why is he important?
• Whitman Poetry
• How to analyze poetry
• Create: "Tale of the Tape" chart of the North vs. the South

The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

The Beginning of the War:

•  Join Google Classroom for the assignment: 3vwvaj8
• We are in the Library today using our Research skills

Next Unit: The Civil War

Today's Agenda:

Brainstorm:

• The Civil War occurred between 1861-1865. Why should we still study it today? Does it have any modern relevance?
• Are we still a divided country today? How so?
• Lets look at America today. Here are some examples:
• View: Video on Charlottesville VA
• The Second Civil War?
• Stop Making Second American Civil War clickbait

CIVIL WAR:
Evaluating Primary Documents:

• The Secession of South Carolina
• President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

Pre-Civil War America Assessment

2018 NH Primary Election Results



Remember our prompt? Using specific historical and literary examples, explain how America struggled politically, economically, socially, and morally with the issue of slavery.

Today is some review; try to find at least one quote from every source we have studied, and peg it into one of those categories (political, economic, social, and moral). HERE is a handy dandy chart!

Pre-Civil War America

Today's Agenda:

• The Rise of Lincoln and the Lincoln-Douglas Debates 
• Election of 1860 and the Start of the Civil War!
• Continue: Slave Girl

Lincoln-Douglas Debates in 2018
And That's How You Debate!

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas

Pre-Civil War America

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Weekend Newsworthy?
• Continue reading Slave Girl
• Linda struggles against Flint’s overtures for several years. He pressures and threatens her, and she defies and outwits him. Knowing that Flint will eventually get his way, Linda consents to a love affair with a white neighbor, Mr. Sands, saying that she is ashamed of this illicit relationship but finds it preferable to being raped by the loathsome Dr. Flint. With Mr. Sands, she has two children, Benny and Ellen. Linda argues that a powerless slave girl cannot be held to the same standards of morality as a free woman. She also has practical reasons for agreeing to the affair: she hopes that when Flint finds out about it, he will sell her to Sands in disgust. Instead, the vengeful Flint sends Linda to his plantation to be broken in as a field hand. When she discovers that Benny and Ellen are to receive similar treatment, Linda hatches a desperate plan. Escaping to the North with two small children would be impossible. Unwilling to submit to Dr. Flint’s abuse, but equally unwilling to abandon her family, she hides in the attic crawl space in the house of her grandmother
• Discuss: John Brown, Madman or Martyr? 
• Read: John Brown's Death Sentence Speech
• Bigger Issue: Is Radicalism ever justified?

Pre Civil War America

Today's Agenda:

• Read: Slave Girl Chapters 5 and 6
• Dred Scott Decision: How did this Supreme Court ruling affect slavery and the abolition movement?
• Video and Dred Scott Questions
• 10 Supreme Court Decisions that Shaped Civil Rights
• Taney and Scott families reconcile 160 years later
• Continue reading Slave Girl

Unit 1-PreCivil War America

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Slave Girl Chapters 1 and 2
• Discuss: Drifting Towards War
• Kansas-Nebraska Act: 2 Opposing Viewpoints
• John Greenleaf Whittiers' Poem
• Pro-Slavery Circular
• Read and Answer Questions: Slave Girl Chapters 5 and 6

Unit 1-Pre-Civil War America

Essential Question (Assessment):
Using specific historical examples, as well as the literature we have studied in this unit, explain how America struggled politically, economically, socially, and morally with the issue of slavery.
Today's Agenda:

Intro: Major Problems in 19th Century America (Review of AS1)
Analyze: The Compromise of 1850
Read Primary Sources:

• The Abolitionist Crusade
• Reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law

Introduce: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Reading Questions)