The American Civil War

Introduction

Welcome: To the era of the American Civil War!

Description: Here you will learn about the bloodiest battle on American soil and challenged to use your critical thinking skills!

Grade Level: 9-12

Curriculum: Social Studies

Key Words: Civil War, Slavery, Union, Confederacy, North, South, Abraham Lincoln Robert E. Lee, Emancipation Proclamation

Author(s): Daisha Ramirez

Task

Students will use the following resources to answer the 12 questions located in this WebQuest. Students will write down their answers in their journals and will turn journals at the of the class to be graded. Students will number the answers to questions 1-12 and if applicable restate the question in their answers.

Resources

In Class Textbook

Films Media Group. (1994). Long shadows: The legacy of the American civil war. Films On Demand. Retrieved July 30, 2022, from https://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=96349&xtid=43330.

Films Media Group. (2007). New York divided: Slavery, the Civil War, and King Cotton. Films On Demand. Retrieved July 23, 2022, from https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=96349&xtid=5791

Films Media Group. (2012). Slavery by another name relays the forgotten stories of post-Civil War slaves. Films On Demand. Retrieved July 23, 2022, from https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=96349&xtid=58009.

Vorenberg, M. (2001). Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment. Cambridge University Press.

Winch, J. (2014). Between slavery and freedom: Free people of color in America from settlement to the civil war. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Process

Day 1

1. When was the Civil War?

2. Which side had an advantage over the other?

2. What was Lincoln's role in the war?

4. Who were important figures during the Civil War?

Day 2

5. What caused the Civil War?

6. Why did the South Succeed from the Union?

7. Why was the South not successful?

8. Do you think the Confederacy posed a good reason to create their own country?

Day 3

9. What positive outcome came from the Civil War?

10. What negative outcome came from the Civil War?

11. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

12. When was the 13th amendment created? Explain what it is?

SS.8.13a Match significant figures of the American Civil War with their respective sides of the conflict.

SS.8.13b Give a reason on why the Civil War occurred?

SS.8 .13c Explain a positive outcome of the Civil War.

Evaluation

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Total Score: 100

Conclusion

Good Job on using internet resources and your in class text book to push yourself to use your critical thinking abilities to answer Civil War questions. Once you are finished with the 12 questions, close your notebooks and place them in my basket at the front of the class. We will go over test results and discuss answers the following day.

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