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Unit Cover Page

Unit Title: Civil War and Reconstruction Time Frame: 3 weeks
Course: U.S. History Grade Level: 11

CURRICULUM/STANDARDS

Common Core RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH.11-12.4, RH.11-12.5, RH.11-12.7, WHST.11-12.6, WHST.11-12.7, WHST.11-12.9
Arizona Standards Concept 6 PO 1.a-f, Concept 6 PO 2.a-f, Concept 6 PO 3.a-e

KEY THEMES/QUESTIONS

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Economic, political and social impacts of the Civil War on the United States of America
Technological advances made during the war
Resources available and the impact on both sides of the conflict
Effects of Reconstruction on post Civil War America, and implications for the future

ASSESSMENT

Mini-Exam, Unit Exam, Civil War Project

RESOURCES/MATERIALS
1. Textbook: Danzer.The Americans. Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2012. Chapters 10,11,12, as well as the
Constitutional Amendments section
2. Resources Handout
3. Youtube Video Harpers Ferry and John Brown from the West Virginia Public Broadcasting Company
4. Civil War PowerPoint Presentation
5. Reconstruction PowerPoint Presentation
6. Student Generated PowerPoint Presentation
7. Project Guidelines handout
8. Project Rubric
9. Emancipation Proclamation Transcript handout from my collection.
10. Gettysburg Address Handout from my collection
11. Mini Exam of my creation
12. Unit Exam of my creation

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Unit Calendar
(For each class period, list the topic of the day, as well as main learning activities. You may list standards if you choose.)
(Insert or delete days of the week as appropriate for your school district calendar. Add or delete weeks depending on the length of your unit.)

MONDAY (50 minutes)

Causes of the Civil War 11/3

Resources Breakdown (Handout)
John Brown - Harpers Ferry
(Video Clip)
Election of 1860 (Direct
Instruction)

Lincolns New Powers? 10

Mini Exam 1860-1862
Emancipation Proclamation
(Close-Reading, handout, Socratic
Qs)
Habeas Corpus suspended (Direct
Instruction, Socratic Qs)
Union Victories 17

Vicksburg, Gettysburg (PPT)
Gettysburg Address (Close
Reading, handout)

TUESDAY (50 minutes)

WEDNESDAY (90 minutes)
Secession 4
Research - Block Day 5


Lincoln, Cabinet, Davis (PPT) Student research and creation
of PPT slides in Computer Lab
Political Parties (PPT)
for Civil War Project (Battles
Provocation of War (PPT)
and People)
Fort Sumter, 1st Bull Run
(PPT)
Union Struggles and 11
Confederate Mistakes

Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville (PPT)
Death of Stonewall Jackson
and Turning Point (Direct
Instruction, Socratic Qs)
Total War 18

March to the Sea (PPT)
Scorched Earth (PPT)
Appomattox (PPT)
Wars End (PPT)
Lincoln, Booth (PPT)

THURSDAY
FRIDAY (50 minutes)
6 Is the South winning? 7
No Class
Or is the North losing?
Block Day

Emancipation Debate
(Socratic Qs)
Shiloh, Antietam (PPT)
Lee, McClellan,
Jackson, Grant (PPT)
12
13
14
No Class Impact Week
No Class
No Class Impact Week
Impact Week

Results of the War Block 19

Reconstruction (PPT)
Amendments (Close-
Reading from Book)
Freedom? Equality?
(Socratic Qs)

20
No Class
Block Day

21


Unit Exam