Lesson on Friday, August 24, 2018

Aim: What were the causes and effects of the American Civil War?  

Bell Ringer: Journal 3 – Explain how the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 were events that led to the Civil War.  

Objectives: 

1. 1. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the causes and consequences of the Civil War.  

Agenda:  

1. 1. Bell Ringer (10 min) 

2. 2. Discuss Bell Ringer (5 min) 

3.  3. Complete Attachment C 

4.  4. Assign HW topics 

5.  5. Share with the class your assigned part of Attachment C 

Home Learning:  

3. Assign students to research and present on a topic related to the Civil War, either working independently or with a partner (Attachment E). 
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5. Some suggested topics:   

o Civil War battles – Fort Sumter; Shiloh; Antietam; Gettysburg; Vicksburg   

o Civil War people – Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis; Robert E. Lee; Frederick Douglass; Stonewall Jackson; William T. Sherman; General Ulysses S. Grant; Clara Barton   

o Other topics – New weapons of war; women and the Civil War; African Americans in the war; Florida during the Civil War