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Eighth Grade Social Studies Unit: 10 Lesson: 03 Suggested Duration: 5 days

Battles of the Civil War

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Lesson Synopsis: In this lesson, students will learn about the significant individuals and events of the Civil War. After analyzing selected important battles of the war, students will analyze Lincoln’s words in the Gettysburg Address. Lastly, students will evaluate the advantages/disadvantages held by both the North and the South.

TEKS:

8.1 History. The student understands traditional historical points of reference in U.S. history through 1877. The student is expected to:

8.1C Explain the significance of the following dates: 1607, 1776, 1787, 1803, and 1861-1865. 8.8 History. The student understands individuals, issues, and events of the Civil War. The student is expected to:

8.8A Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Civil War, including Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln;

8.8B Explain the issues surrounding significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter, the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, the assassination of Lincoln, and Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House; and

8.8C Analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address,

8.11 Geography. The student understands the location and characteristics of places and regions of the United States, past and present. The student is expected to:

8.11C Analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors on major historical and contemporary events in the United States.

8.23 Citizenship. The student understands the importance of effective leadership in a democratic society. The student is expected to:

8.23A Analyze the leadership qualities of elected and appointed leaders of the United States such as Abraham Lincoln, John Marshall, and George Washington; and

Process TEKS:

8.30 Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology. The student is expected to:

8.30A Differentiate between, locate, and use primary and secondary sources such as computer software, databases, media and news services, biographies, interviews, and artifacts to acquire information about the United States;

8.30B Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

8.30C Organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps;

8.30D Identify points of view from the historical context surrounding an event and the frame of reference which influenced the participants;

8.30E Support a point of view on a social studies issue or event; 8.30H Use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs.

8.31 Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to: 8.31A Use social studies terminology correctly; 8.31B Use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation; 8.31C Transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual,

using computer software as appropriate; and 8.31D Create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information.

8.32 Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings. The student is expected to:

8.32A Use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and

GETTING READY FOR INSTRUCTION Performance Indicator(s):

Create a graphic organizer that will support and help justify the conclusion that an advantage of the North or the South played a role in a major Civil War battle. Explain in writing how the advantage affected the battle. (8.1C; 8.8A, 8.8B, 8.11C, 8.30B) 1E; 4J; 5B

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Key Understandings and Guiding Questions: Physical and human geographic factors limit the use of resources during civil war.

How can the physical geography during wartime be an advantage or a disadvantage? How can the human geography of a country at war affect the outcome of war?

Vocabulary of Instruction:

advantage conclusion support justify geographic factors perspective liberty equality union leadership qualities

identifications and topics: - Abraham Lincoln - Appomattox Court House - Battle of Antietam - Battle of Gettysburg - civil war - Gettysburg Address - Emancipation

Proclamation - First Battle of Bull Run - Fort Sumter - Gettysburg Address - Ironclad - Jefferson Davis - Merrimac

- Monitor - North - Robert E. Lee - Bombardment - Counter attack - victor - Siege of Vicksburg - South - Thomas “Stonewall”

Jackson - Ulysses S. Grant - “March to the Sea” - William Tecumseh

Sherman - Anaconda Plan

Materials:

map of the United States map pencils copy paper

Optional related books: Irene Hunt’s Across Five Aprils, James McPherson’s Battle Cry of Freedom,

Richard Peck’s The River Between Us.

Resources: Print Resources:

Handout: Advantages During the Civil War (1 per student) Teacher Resource: Engage Pictures 1-10 (1 @ posters/placards)

- Picture 1-Industry/Manufacturing - Picture 2-Population - Picture 3-Trained Soldier - Picture 4-Currency - Picture 5-Railroads - Picture 6-Artillery - Picture 7-Vast Land - Picture 8-Robert E. Lee - Picture 9-Abraham Lincoln - Picture 10-Cotton Fields

Teacher Resource: Advantages During the Civil War – KEY Handout: Major Battles of the Civil War (1 per student) Handout: Civil War Map (1 per student) Teacher Resource: Civil War Map—Key Handout: Advantages and Disadvantages (1 per student) Handout: Gettysburg Address (1 per student) Teacher Resource: Sample Battle Advantage Graphic Organizer (1 per student)

Web Resources Battle information: http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/map2.html Civil War photographs: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html US Map: http://www.nps.gov/archive/bowa/edprogram4/mapkey.html


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Civil War Statistics: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us20.cfm Civil War Cartoons: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/Library_Bulletin/Apr1997/DCLB974-2Job.html Civil War Music: http://www.civilwarmusic.net/ Graph showing Advantages for both the North and the South:

http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/124/127330/images/NASH10421501.gif Civil War Photographs: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html Civil War Letters: http://www.civilwarletters.com/ Listen to the Gettysburg Address: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1512410 Listen to the Gettysburg Address: http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-04/2005-04-20-

voa1.cfm Listen to the Gettysburg Address: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gettysburgaddress.htm Library of Congress Online Exhibition: http://myloc.gov/exhibitions/gettysburgaddress/Pages/default.aspx

Advance Preparation: 1. Become familiar with the content and procedures for this lesson. 2. Refer to the Instructional Focus Document for specific information to include. 3. Select appropriate sections from the textbook and other classroom materials to support the learning for the

lesson. 4. Print handouts needed for the lesson activities. 5. Create “placards” of images used for the Engage portion of the lesson. 6. Preview websites according to district guidelines. 7. Discovery Education Streaming has video clips which may be utilized with the lesson. Contact your local

campus librarian or technology specialist to get a list of available clips. These clips can provide an additional resource for students to learn about the content of the lesson.

Background Information: As the country became further divided by several political, economic, and social issues, civil war was inevitable. Despite Lincoln’s pleas for peace and unity, South Carolina seceded in 1860. The North and South were engaged in the bloodiest war in American history. Lincoln’s ideas of unity became a realization only after bloodshed among countrymen and his own death.

GETTING READY FOR INSTRUCTION SUPPLEMENTAL PLANNING DOCUMENT Instructors are encouraged to supplement, and substitute resources, materials, and activities to differentiate instruction to address the needs of learners. The Exemplar Lessons are one approach to teaching and reaching the Performance Indicators and Specificity in the Instructional Focus Document for this unit. A Microsoft Word template for this planning document is located at www.cscope.us/sup_plan_temp.doc. If a supplement is created electronically, users are encouraged to upload the document to their Lesson Plans as a Lesson Plan Resource in your district Curriculum Developer site for future reference.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

Instructional Procedures Notes for Teacher

ENGAGE NOTE: 1 Day = 50 minutes Suggested time: ½ Day

Prior to class, post pictures 1-10 from the Teacher Resource: Engage Pictures in numerical order around the room. Allow enough space for students to walk around, such as in a “gallery”..

Post the question “How does this portray an advantage or disadvantage during war? “

Distribute the Handout: Advantages During the Civil War Assign students a number from 1 to 10. Give students a few seconds to

group themselves according to their number. Conduct a Gallery Walk (see instructions in Notes for Teachers). During the Gallery Walk students view the pictures, discuss the posted

question for each picture, and fill in the matrix appropriately, which includes deciding which category the picture addresses and how it represents an advantage. (Handout: Advantages During the Civil War)

Debrief by discussing student responses to each picture and discussing responses on the matrix Handout: Advantages During the Civil War.

MATERIALS: Teacher Resource: Engage

Pictures 1-10 Handout: Advantages During the

Civil War Teacher Resource: Advantages

During the Civil War – KEY Gallery Walk Instructions Students start with the picture that is the same as their group number. They will look at the picture and discuss the question. When time is called, students rotate to the next picture. Repeat until all pictures have been visited.


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Instructional Procedures Notes for Teacher (See possible responses on the Teacher Resource: Advantages During the Civil War – KEY) (Possible responses include: Picture 1-advantage, can manufacture weapons; Picture 2-advantage, have people to work and fight; Picture 3-advantage, prepared to fight; Picture 4-advantage, have currency to buy/trade…disadvantage if too much paper money is printed; Picture 5-advantage, can transport goods and people; Picture 6-advantage, prepared for war with artillery; Picture 7-advantage, source of food and hiding spots…disadvantage if you have to cover this much area; Picture 8-advantage, strong military leader; Picture 9-advantage, strong political leader; Picture 10-advantage, can sell cotton on world market)

This lesson explores the battles that occurred during the Civil War in terms of the advantages and disadvantages of resources available to each side and the impact on the outcome of the war.

EXPLORE Suggested time: 1 ½ Days Place students in groups of two and distribute the Handout: Major Battles

of the Civil War and the Handout: Civil War Map. Using the Major Battles of the Civil War (map instructions), students

complete their interactive map. (The map is created with a step by step process to illustrate the progression of the war.)

Students locate the major battles and mark them as Southern or Northern victories

MATERIALS: Handout: Major Battles of the

Civil War Handout: Civil War Map Web Resources: http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/map

2.html http://www.civilwarmusic.net/ Teacher should consider playing Civil War songs as students are researching, such as “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Bonnie Blue Flag”. See also http://www.civilwarmusic.net/

EXPLAIN Suggested time: 1 DaysDay 3 To help students process the information they gained in the Explore

section, facilitate a discussion usind questions such as the following> Where did most of the battles take place? (The South,

particularly in the border states) How did the location of the battles impact the area and the

people? (The destruction and loss of resources would make it difficult for the South to carry out a long-term war.)

General Sherman said after the Battle of Shiloh, “The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.”

Why do you think human loss of life and wounded soldiers in this war hurt the United States more than any other war? (This was a civil war, a war between brothers, so the casualties of war hit close to home.)

Why do you think more soldiers died of disease than of wounds? (Even though there were medical advances in emergency care, antiseptic had not been invented yet. Surgical tools would be used on several wounded soldiers so infections spread quickly.)

Recreate the chart (on a transparency, the dry erase board or on chart paper).

Continue the the class discussion about the advantages and disadvantages faced by both the North and the South.

As a class complete the advantages and disadvantages chart.

MATERIALS: Handout: Advantages and

Disadvantages Chart Web Resources: Graph showing Advantages for both

the North and the South http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/124/127330/images/NASH10421501.gif

Civil War Photographs: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

http://www.civilwarletters.com/ Other optional resources: read excerpts from various young

adult readers, such as: Irene Hunt’s Across Five Aprils, James McPherson’s Battle Cry of Freedom, and Richard Peck’s The River Between Us.

read excerpts from war letters from http://www.civilwarletters.com/


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Instructional Procedures Notes for Teacher Facilitate a class discussion with questions such as:

What is the relationship between the outcome of the battles and the advantages/disadvantages of available resources of the North or South? (Responses will vary.

How can the physical geography during wartime be an advantage or disadvantage? (It can be an advantage if you are familiar with the terrain and have access to the resources available in the area. It can be a disadvantage if the other side finds a way to block you off from available resources. For example, a Union strategy known as the “Anaconda Plan” split the South in two and squeezed the South’s access to resources.)

display photographs from the Mathew Brady collection

show video clips from Gone with the Wind to provide a visual image of the destruction of the South/care for the wounded/physical and human resources.

ELABORATE Suggested time: 1 Day Distribute the Handout: Gettysburg Address. Say: This speech was given by Lincoln at the site of one of the

bloodiest battles of the war. Many historians consider it the turning point of the war in favor of the North.

In pairs or small groups, students read the Gettysburg Address. To listen to the Address, use one of the weblinks in the Notes to Teachers

or another website, or read the Address aloud. Facilitate a discussion where students analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas

about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in the Gettysburg Address. Use questions such as:

What is Lincoln’s message to the country? (Democracy must be preserved.)

How does this message reflect his ideas of equality, union, and government? (He said that all men are created equal, that the nation shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.)

Students will discuss how this speech displayed Lincoln’s leadership with their partner. Students will highlight the key words of the Address and write a short summary of their “leadership evaluation.”

MATERIALS: Handout: Gettysburg Address Web Resources: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/sp

eeches/gettysburgaddress.htm http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s

tory.php?storyId=1512410 http://www.voanews.com/specialen

glish/archive/2005-04/2005-04-20-voa1.cfm

Online exhibition: http://myloc.gov/exhibitions/gettysburgaddress/Pages/default.aspx

EVALUATE Suggested time: 1 Days Create a graphic organizer that will support and help justify the

conclusion that an advantage of the North or the South played a role in a major Civil War battle. Explain in writing how the advantage affected the battle. (8.1C; 8.8A, 8.8B, 8.11C, 8.30B)

Select either a Northern or Southern advantage during the Civil War. Also select a major battle of the war where the advantage played a role. Write an explanation of how the advantage aided in the success of the

battle. Create a graphic organizer that will support and help justify the reasoning.

The graphic organizer can be a chart, graph, map, visual or other type of organizer.

MATERIALS: Teacher Resource: Sample

Advantage Graphic Organizer


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Engage Pictures (pp. 1 of 10)

Picture 1


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Picture 10


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Advantages During the Civil War (pp. 1 of 2)

Directions: View each picture. Hypothesize why each advantage helped the North or the South during the Civil War. Complete an illustration to help you remember each advantage.

Advantage Illustration North South Why is it an advantage?

Economic Base (Factories v. Agriculture)

able to produce guns, gunpowder, etc. Few farms, its

economy did not depend on trade of raw materials

serious inability to produce manufactured goods Trade of raw

materials from the farms/ plantations was a large part of their economy

Motivation to fight

Fighting to preserve the Union

Fighting for their way of life

Size of Population

22 million 9 million


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Advantages During the Civil War (pp. 2 of 2)


Railroads 70% of the miles of track

30% of the miles of track

Strong Military Leadership

By the end of the war had 4 different Commanders of the Union Army

Had one consistent Commander of the Confederate Army (Lee) with more field grade officers coming out of West Point

Strong President Lincoln was sincerely humble but a fast learner, spending hours in the Library of Congress reading and seldom intervening directly in field operations.

Davis’ personality was cold and abrasive

References: http://us-civil-war.suite101.com/article.cfm/northern_advantages_in_the_civil_war http://americancivilwar.com/authors/historical.html


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Advantages During the Civil War - KEY (pp. 1 of 2)

Directions: View each picture. Hypothesize why each advantage helped the North or the South during the Civil War. Complete an illustration to help you remember each advantage.


Economic Base (Factories v. Agriculture)

able to produce guns, gunpowder, etc. Few farms, its

economy did not depend on trade of raw materials

serious inability to produce manufactured goods Trade of raw

materials from the farms/ plantations was a large part of their economy

The North was able to supply its Army with the weapons it needed to win the war. South had to rely upon trade with foreign countries to procure those necessities. The Union blockade kept them from trading with other countries.

Motivation to fight Fighting to preserve the Union

Fighting for their way of life

The South also had something of a “home field” advantage. Since the North was invading the South, the Southerners had to fight close to home. Often, they were much more familiar with the terrain than were the Northerners and they were always more desperate to win. When you believe that you are defending your wife and children from invaders, you care more about your cause than those who are simply being paid a wage to go fight for a cause that does not influence their lives as directly. This made a significant difference on the battlefield.

Size of Population 22 million 9 million Allowed North to have a much larger army and hold more troops in reserve


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Advantages During the Civil War - KEY (pp. 2 of 2)


Railroads 70% of the miles of track

30% of the miles of track

effective ways of transportation of supplies and men

Strong Military Leadership

By the end of the war had 4 different Commanders of the Union Army

Had one consistent Commander of the Confederate Army (Lee) with more field grade officers coming out of West Point

Consistency of leadership kept the Confederacy in the war. The North struggled with leadership until Lincoln appointed Grant as head of the Union army.

Strong President Lincoln was sincerely humble but a fast learner, spending hours in the Library of Congress reading and seldom intervening directly in field operations.

Davis’ personality was cold and abrasive

Lincoln’s leadership proved to be more effective because of his persistence.

References: http://us-civil-war.suite101.com/article.cfm/northern_advantages_in_the_civil_war http://americancivilwar.com/authors/historical.html


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Major Battles of the Civil War (pp. 1 of 4) Directions for map creation: 1. Before starting your mapwork below, set up a key in the lower left hand corner.

Color the Confederate battle victory symbols GRAY. Color the Union battle victory symbols BLUE. Color the “No Victor” battle victory symbol ORANGE.

2. Use another color to shade in the location of the Mississippi River. 3. When printing information on the map, always small letters. 4. CAREFULLY read each informational paragraph and the map instructions! You will find information to help you complete the map within each paragraph. Attack on Fort Sumter After the Confederate States of America seceded from the Union, they quickly seized all federal property within its borders. Jefferson Davis, President of the CSA, demanded that Union (Northern) troops abandon Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Major Robert Anderson (Union) refused to leave the five-sided brick fort. The Confederate troops surrounded the fort with canons. President Lincoln announced that he was sending a supply ship to the fort to reinforce the Union troops. The Confederates saw this as an act of war. President Davis ordered his commander, , at Charleston to open fire. Gunners fired some 4,000 sheets at the fort during the 34-hour bombardment. Major Anderson and his 67 Union soldiers surrendered the fort in April 1861. On the map: 1. Lightly shade the six Southern states (on the map, Texas seceded too) that seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. Do NOT shade the battle symbols. South Carolina Mississippi Florida Alabama Louisiana Georgia (Texas-not shown on map) 2. Write Fort Sumter and April 1861 in the gray box next to the battle symbol in South Carolina. 3. Color the battle symbol at Fort Sumter to represent the victor. Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) The firing on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War. President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to join the Union army and decided to blockade the Southern ports (example: New Orleans). These two actions caused 4 more states to secede. This brought the Confederate States of America to 11 eleven states. The C.S.A. had few factories of its own. Therefore, they needed to sell cotton to Great Britain and France to raise money to buy war materials. After the Union blockade was established, the Confederacy was limited in its ability to break through the blockade and continue trading with Great Britain and France. The Confederacy hoped that both countries would need Southern cotton and that would lead them to come to the aid of the South. However, this never happened. The Union blockade proved to be one of the North’s best strategies to win the Civil War.


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Major Battles of the Civil War (pp. 2 of 4)

Three months after the attack on Fort Sumter, General Irvin McDowell (Union) led the Union Army into northern Virginia. Near the town of Manassas, along Bull Run creek, the Union Army attacked the Confederate Army. General Thomas J. Jackson (Confederate) held his ground so fiercely that he earned the name “Stonewall.” The Confederates launched a counter-attack on the Union troops. The Union lines broke and the soldiers retreated back to Washington, D.C. in a state of panic. The Confederates had successful fought off the Union troops. The Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War. On the map: 1. Draw 4 ships along the coast, print the words Union Blockade. Color the ships BLUE. 2. Lightly shade the 4 additional states that joined the C.S.A. Virginia Arkansas North Carolina Tennessee 3. Write Bull Run and July 1861 in the gray box next to the battle symbol in Northern Virginia on the border with Maryland. 4. Color the battle symbol at Bull Run to represent the victor. 5. In text box #1- Write The Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War Battle of Hampton Roads

This naval battle, fought on March 8-9, 1862, was a part of the effort of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade, which had cut off Virginia's largest cities, Norfolk and Richmond, from international trade. The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships.

Two iron-clad warships, the Northern “Monitor” and the Southern “Merrimack,” bounced shells off of each other for two hours in Hampton Roads, off of the shore of Virginia. Thousands of spectators watched from shore. Though neither the Union nor the South could count this battle as a “win,” it is important because it signaled the end for wooden ships in the navies of the world.

The major naval powers at the time of the Civil War, Great Britain and France, halted further construction of wooden-hulled ships, and they were copied by other countries. On the map: 1. Write Hampton Roads and March 1862 in the gray box next to the battle symbol east of Virginia near the Chesapeake Bay. 2. Color the battle symbol at Hampton Roads to represent the victor.

Battle of Antietam After the disastrous defeat at Bull Run, President Lincoln appointed General George B. McClellan (Union) to be the commander of the eastern Union Army. McClellan’s soldiers made an unsuccessful attempt to capture Richmond, the capital of the C.S.A.. Shortly after the attempted attack on Richmond, General Robert E. Lee (Confederate) decided to invade Union territory (thus far, all of the battles had been fought on Southern soil). Lee made his plan to attack the Union forces in Antietam, Maryland. A major blunder took place as Lee moved his troops into Maryland. One of his messengers accidentally left a copy of his battle plans at a campsite. Union soldiers discovered Lee’s plans after the campsite was abandoned. About 40,000 Southerners were against the 87,000-man Union Army under Gen. George B. McClellan.


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Major Battles of the Civil War (pp. 3 of 4) More men were killed or wounded at Antietam on September 17, 1862, than on any other single day of the Civil War. Union losses were 12,410, Confederate losses 10,700. The Union victory in the battle gave President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. On January 1, 1863, Lincoln declared free all slaves in States still in rebellion against the United States. Now the war had 2 goals: to preserve the Union and end slavery. On the map: 1. Write Antietam and September 1862 in the gray box next to the battle symbol in the western portion of Maryland. 2. Color the battle symbol at Antietam to represent the victor. Battle of Gettysburg Union General McClellan did not pursue Robert E. Lee (Confederate) after the Union victory at Antietam. As a result of McClellan’s cautious approach to the war, President Lincoln replaced him with General Ambrose E. Burnside (Union). However, in December 1862, Burnside lost the Battle of Fredericksburg. Burnside decided to resign and Lincoln selected General Joseph Hooker to replace him. However, Hooker resigned from command of the Army of the Potomac while pursuing Lee in the Gettysburg Campaign. In the early morning hours of June 28, 1863, a messenger from President Abraham Lincoln arrived to inform General George Meade of his appointment as Hooker's replacement. By June 1863, the Union Army had been led by four different Generals. Robert E. Lee’s confidence after the Battle of Fredericksburg encouraged him to once again invade the North. The Confederate Army marched into Pennsylvania in July 1863, where they met Union troops in Gettysburg. The Union Army had 90,000 men and the Confederate Army had 75,000 men. The Union forces held the strong defensive positions overlooking the battlefield. After three days of fierce fighting, the Confederate Army was forced to retreat. The Confederate Army lost 22,000 men and the Union Army lost 17,000 men. The battered Confederate Army was never able to take the offensive position again and attack the North. Gettysburg proved to be the “turning point” of the Civil War. On the map: 1. Write Gettysburg and July 1863 in the gray box next to the battle symbol in Pennsylvania. 2. Color the battle symbol at Gettysburg to represent the victor. 3. In text box #2- Write The Battle of Gettysburg was the “turning point” of the Civil War. Siege of Vicksburg One of the major strategies of the Union Army in the West was to take control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy into two parts. This was known as the Anaconda Plan. The Mississippi River was used by the Confederates to transport goods, war materials and men. The Union had many more railroads that they could use for the same purposes. Vicksburg, located on the Mississippi River between Memphis and New Orleans, was the only important city left along the river that the Union had not taken control over. The Union Army, led by Ulysses S. Grant, surrounded Vicksburg (in late May 1863) and prevented supplies from reaching it. The city surrendered six weeks later on July 4, 1863 (coincidentally, the day after the Battle of Gettysburg ended). The Union now controlled the entire length of the Mississippi River.


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Major Battles of the Civil War (pp. 4 of 4) On the map: 1. Write Vicksburg and July 1863 in the gray box next to the battle symbol in Mississippi. 2. Color the battle symbol at Vicksburg to represent the victor. 3. In text box #3- Write The Siege of Vicksburg allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River. Burning of Atlanta In March 1864, President Lincoln named Lieutenant General Grant the final commander of the Union Army. Though the South was suffering losses, lack of supplies, difficulty in maneuvering troop movements, they pressed on.

In July 1864, Union General William T. Sherman’s army of 90,000 captured and burned Atlanta, Georgia. He then swept across Georgia towards Savannah. This famous “march to the sea” cut a 60 mile-wide path of destruction through the heart of the South. Sherman destroyed crops, railways, factories and anything else that could benefit the Confederate Army. The eastern part of the South was now cut in half (similar to when Vicksburg was captured in the west). On the map: 1. Write Atlanta and March 1864 in the gray box next to the battle symbol in Georgia. 2. Color the battle symbol in Atlanta to represent the victor.

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse In early April 1865, General Lee and the Confederate troops had to evacuate Richmond, Virginia. As he retreated west, Lee realized that the Confederacy had been defeated. He met with General Grant in a farmhouse in the small settlement of Appomattox Court House and surrendered his army. Confederate forces in other Southern states also surrendered. On April 9, 1865 after four years of Civil War, and approximately 630,000 deaths the Civil War ended. On the map: 1. Write Appomattox and April 1865 in the gray box next to the battle symbol in the southern portion of Virginia. 2. Color the battle symbol at Appomattox Courthouse to represent the victor. 3. In text box #4- Write April 9, 1865 the Civil War ends. 4 years of war and 630,000 deaths.


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Georgia

Florida

Alabama

Louisian

ArkansaS. Carolina

Mississippi

Tennessee

Virginia

N. Carolina

Pennsylvania

Maryland

1

2

3

4

Legend

Civil War Map

Union Troops

Confederate Troops

No victor,

(battle ends in a draw )


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Union Troop Victory

4 April 9, 1865 the Civil War ends! 4 years of war 630,000 deaths

3 Battle of Vicksburg allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River.

2 Battle of Gettysburg was the “turning point” of the Civil War.

Legend

Union Troops

Confederate Troops

No victor,

(battle ends in a draw)

Ft. Sumter- April 1865

Burning of Atlanta- March 1864

Vicksburg- July 1863

Appomattox Courthouse- April

1865

Hampton Roads- March 1862

Gettysburg- July 1865

Antietam- September 1862

Bull Run- July 1861

Georgia

Florida

Alabama

Louisian

ArkansaS. Carolina

Mississippi

Tennessee

Virginia

N. Carolina

Pennsylvania

Maryland

1 Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the Civil War.

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Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln

November 19, 1863

Address delivered at the dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.


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Rubric

Create a graphic organizer that will support and help justify the conclusion that an advantage of the North or the South played a role in a major Civil War battle. Explain in writing how the advantage affected the battle. (8.1C; 8.8A, 8.8B, 8.11C, 8.30B)

Select either a Northern or Southern advantage during the Civil War. Also select a major battle of the war where the advantage played a role. Write an explanation of how the advantage aided in the success of the battle. Create a graphic organizer that will support and clarify the reasoning. The graphic organizer can be a chart, graph,

map, visual or other type of organizer.

4

Amazing! Beyond the

Class

3 Solid Grade

Level Performance

2 Met

Standard

1 Not Quite

Content Northern or Southern advantage during the Civil War major battle of the war where the advantage played a role

Sophisticated reasoning shown in

the choices.

Choices shows understanding of the relationship between the advantage and the course of the

battle.

Both components are included.

One or both components are

missing, or choices seem random

Graphic Organizer

supports and clarifies the reasoning

Professional appearance of

student-created organizer with clear relationship to the conclusions. Helps

the reader reach the same conclusion.

Clear organizer does support the reasoning and adds evidence.

Graphic organizer is included, but is

sketchy and contributes minimally to the underanding of

the subject.

Organizer is missing, concomplete, or is

unrelated to the reasoning presented in the explanation.

Copied - not student created.

Explanation how the advantage aided in the success of the battle

Exceptional explanation shows

deep understanding of the role the

advantage played in the battle and extends

to physical and human

characteristics. Clear explanation easy to

follow.

Explanation conveys a good grasp of how the advantage aided I nthe success of the

battle. Uses information from class

discussion to draw inferences and conclusions not

spelled out in class.

Explains how the advantage aided in the success of the battle at a basic

level.May include only ideas from class

discussions.

Explanation seems to be a list of ideas not

supported, or not leading to the

conclusion the thesis would require.

Mechanics

No errors. A few errors, but they do not get in the way

of understanding. Good word choice.

Several errors that cause the reader to have to “fill in the

blanks”

Many errors, or profound errors that get in the way of the

reader’s understanding


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