American Civil War UNIT

Civil War

Key words and topics include:
⭐ War for Southern Independence

⭐ Robert E. Lee

⭐ Martial Law

⭐ Union

⭐ Confederate

⭐ Blockade

⭐ Defensive war

⭐ Thomas Jackson

⭐ George McClellan

⭐ Ironclad ships

⭐ Battle of Antietam

⭐ Miller’s cornfield

⭐ General Ambrose Burnside

⭐ Marye's Heights

⭐ Battle of Fredericksburg

⭐ Battle of Chancellorsville

⭐ Ulysses S. Grant

⭐ Battle of Shiloh

⭐ General Albert Sidney Johnston

⭐ Capture of New Orleans

⭐ Gulf of Mexico

⭐ Emancipation Proclamation

⭐ Emancipate

⭐ Preliminary Proclamation

⭐ Border states

⭐ Secede

⭐ Civilians

⭐ Copperheads

⭐ Habeas Corpus

⭐ Draft law

⭐ Income Tax

⭐ Inflation

⭐ Tax-in-kind

⭐ Siege

⭐ Grant’s Canal

⭐ Siege of Vicksburg

⭐ Admiral David Dixon Porter

⭐ General George Pickett

⭐ Gettysburg Address

⭐ Battle of Gettysburg

⭐ Total War

⭐ General Philip Sheridan

⭐ General William Tecumseh Sherman

⭐ Trench warfare

Each PowerPoint presentation in this unit contains:

► Vocabulary (matched to the graphic organizer).

► Primary or secondary source excerpt(s) for students to interpret.

► An overall Thinking Focus Question.

► At least one or more: Make a Prediction, Make a Connection, and What Do You Think? questions.

The companion 3-page graphic organizer that accompanies each PowerPoint presentation will help students organize, comprehend, and retain the information presented in the PowerPoint slides! Aligned to the Common Core standards, the well-designed graphic organizer consist of two pages entitled, “My In Class Note-Taking,” and one page entitled, “Applying My Knowledge.”

“My In Class Note-Taking” pages graphically organize the most important material in the PowerPoint presentation. These are the "nuts and bolts" upon which students should focus and take notes. Each graphic organizer is aligned to one or more of the Common Core standards.

“Applying My Knowledge” handout is designed to challenge students to apply the information they have learned from the PowerPoint presentation and the two page “My In Class Note-Taking” graphic organizer. The assignment incorporates higher-level thinking skills and asks students to actively “do” something with the information to demonstrate their learning. This page can be used for homework or completed in class the next day.

**CAN BE ALTERED!** This American Civil War UNIT download includes a total of 8 PowerPoint presentations, 24 graphic organizers, a study guide, and a unit test. The quizzes, study guide and test are Word documents which can be modified or changed to meet the needs of your classroom.

PLEASE NOTE: These lessons are PowerPoint documents. The TEXT in these PowerPoint documents can be altered, as can the order of the slides, transitions between slides, and animation of bullet points. The photos and proprietary fonts (in the titles and backgrounds) have been “digitally flattened” and are NOT able to be altered. This protects against copyright violation. Please understand what you are buying and my Terms of Use before purchasing this lesson. Thank you!

Here are the lessons found in the Civil War unit:

Lesson 1: Strengths and Weaknesses of the North/South
Lesson 2: Battle of Bull Run
Lesson 3: Battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville
Lesson 4: Battles of Shiloh and New Orleans
Lesson 5: Emancipation Proclamation
Lesson 6: Hardships of the Civil War
Lesson 7: Vicksburg. Gettysburg. Gettysburg Address
Lesson 8: Sherman's March to Sea, Siege of Petersburg

UNIT: American Civil War

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