United States
History
Civil War & Reconstruction Unit
Be sure to read all assignments carefully. Write your
position papers giving your opinions based on the facts of the reading, in ink.
This paper must be passed in on the day of discussion or receive half credit
only. Late excused papers will be passed in the day you return to class.
Enduring
Understandings:
Sectional crisis would lead to the Civil War, would scar the nation and
forever change the relationship between the federal government and the states.
Individuals of exceptional quality can often change the course of
history.
The Civil War and Reconstruction brought about dramatic political,
social and economic changes in American society.
- Lecture/Reading : Decade of Crises
The Americans p. 304-328
Video: Ken Burns’ Civil War Series;
The Cause
March 20th Assignment
March 20th Assignment
- Assignment:
Election of 1860 and Secession: Ken Burns Civil War Episode 1: watch from 33 minutes into video up to 53 minutes (Secessionitis) "Secessionitis" Mapping & Graph: Election of 1860 (
Electoral Vote Chart
March 23rd Assignment
Watch today's power point with me narrating. You will then be acting as advisors for President
Lincoln (Cabinet Officers) to help him deal with the crisis at Fort Sumter. You are welcome to
collaborate with one or two classmates and submit a google doc that outlines your
recommendations for the President. The reading from your textbook is to be done after you
make your recommendations. You can be creative, but don't lose focus of the historical
context and Lincoln's goal of preserving the union.
March 23rd Assignment
Watch today's power point with me narrating. You will then be acting as advisors for President
Lincoln (Cabinet Officers) to help him deal with the crisis at Fort Sumter. You are welcome to
collaborate with one or two classmates and submit a google doc that outlines your
recommendations for the President. The reading from your textbook is to be done after you
make your recommendations. You can be creative, but don't lose focus of the historical
context and Lincoln's goal of preserving the union.
3. Power Point: Election of Lincoln and "Secessionitis"
Mr. Meyers' narration of powerpoint
Dilemma: Fort Sumter
The
Americans p. 336-339
March 24th Assignment
Today you will be working on the comparison charts on the North & South as the war begins.
All information you are now gathering can and will be applied to the position paper you will
be eventually writing. We will try a Google Meet tomorrow to go over your charts and to make
sure everyone is on track. Be looking for my invite for the meeting. Email with any questions on
the chart. Thanks
4. Comparison Charts: Advantages and Disadvantages of the North and South
March 24th Assignment
Today you will be working on the comparison charts on the North & South as the war begins.
All information you are now gathering can and will be applied to the position paper you will
be eventually writing. We will try a Google Meet tomorrow to go over your charts and to make
sure everyone is on track. Be looking for my invite for the meeting. Email with any questions on
the chart. Thanks
4. Comparison Charts: Advantages and Disadvantages of the North and South
The Americans p.338-345
Population, Railroads, Industry, Banking, Leadership, Cause/Momentum
March 25th Google Meet
We will have a chance to meet today and go over our charts on advantages and disadvantages.
This will be followed with work to build our knowledge base in preparation for writing our
position paper. You have read several examples of outstanding leadership already; Stonewall
Jackson at Bull Run, Lee during the 7 Days Battle, Grant at Forts Henry & Donelson, and of
course Lincoln's wise decisions. The Chart below will give you an opportunity to outline more
examples of leadership during the Civil War. Additional sources will be assigned as well and
are welcome to research quality sources on your own.
Civil War Leadership Chart
March 26 Assignment
Complete work on your Leadership Charts. Be sure to recognize qualities of leadership that you
admire and by whom and where the qualities were displayed. You want the charts to be useful to the writing of your position papers. Watch the two videos to gain further knowledge. Please send me an email at the start of your work for attendance.
Video: America Artifacts: Jackson's Flank Attack at Chancellorsville
Video: Grant v. Lee Wilderness
Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. The other rule is, never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own force on only a part, and that the weakest part of your enemy and crush it. Such tactics will win every time, and a small army may thus destroy a large one in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible (Thomas J. Jackson Quotes)
March 27th Assignment: Google Meet
We will meet today at 11:00 to go over the charts on outstanding leadership. Please be prepared with your charts to respond to questions and offer examples. I will be posting a participation grade in PowerSchool based on our class. Additional readings can be found below for your papers. Monday will be a writing workshop day with the papers due for discussion on Tuesday March 31st.
March 30th Assignment: Writing Workshop Day w/Google Meet for Questions/Concerns
Please refer to the 2 slide powerpoint to start today's class. It provides a visual brainstorming of
topics and information for writing your position papers. I have created a loom presentation for
the two slides. Pay attention to the rubric when writing your persuasive essay. Be convincing,
include strong supporting evidence with clear examples of outstanding leadership, use quotes when
appropriate, and be sure to document resources.
March 25th Google Meet
We will have a chance to meet today and go over our charts on advantages and disadvantages.
This will be followed with work to build our knowledge base in preparation for writing our
position paper. You have read several examples of outstanding leadership already; Stonewall
Jackson at Bull Run, Lee during the 7 Days Battle, Grant at Forts Henry & Donelson, and of
course Lincoln's wise decisions. The Chart below will give you an opportunity to outline more
examples of leadership during the Civil War. Additional sources will be assigned as well and
are welcome to research quality sources on your own.
Civil War Leadership Chart
March 26 Assignment
Complete work on your Leadership Charts. Be sure to recognize qualities of leadership that you
admire and by whom and where the qualities were displayed. You want the charts to be useful to the writing of your position papers. Watch the two videos to gain further knowledge. Please send me an email at the start of your work for attendance.
Video: America Artifacts: Jackson's Flank Attack at Chancellorsville
Video: Grant v. Lee Wilderness
Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. The other rule is, never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own force on only a part, and that the weakest part of your enemy and crush it. Such tactics will win every time, and a small army may thus destroy a large one in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible (Thomas J. Jackson Quotes)
March 27th Assignment: Google Meet
We will meet today at 11:00 to go over the charts on outstanding leadership. Please be prepared with your charts to respond to questions and offer examples. I will be posting a participation grade in PowerSchool based on our class. Additional readings can be found below for your papers. Monday will be a writing workshop day with the papers due for discussion on Tuesday March 31st.
March 30th Assignment: Writing Workshop Day w/Google Meet for Questions/Concerns
Please refer to the 2 slide powerpoint to start today's class. It provides a visual brainstorming of
topics and information for writing your position papers. I have created a loom presentation for
the two slides. Pay attention to the rubric when writing your persuasive essay. Be convincing,
include strong supporting evidence with clear examples of outstanding leadership, use quotes when
appropriate, and be sure to document resources.
Powerpoint (Position Paper Brainstorming)
Narration of Brain Storming (Mr. Meyers)
March 31st:
Statement/Discussion Day
GoogleMeet at 11:00 for our class discussion on the outstanding leadership of the Civil War
“In comparing political and military leadership of the North and South during the Civil War, it would be the South with the outstanding leadership.”
The Americans p.346-365
Phillips, Laura. "No Retreat:Grant's Overland Campaign" Cobblestone. January 2014, pp. 13-16.
Power, Tracy J. "Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia" Essential Civil War
Curriculum. Virginia Tech. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
Teachinghistory.org. "Stonewall Jackson and the Battle of Chancellorsville"
Retrieved March 25, 2020.
April 1st Assignment:
Today we will be looking at Reconstruction following the end of the Civil War. You will be
viewing part of the power point that I narrated and then moving on to the Guided Reading
that includes focus questions from the first section of the chapter 12. We will go over the
questions on Thursday before moving forward with our Congressional Sub-Committee on
Reconstruction Simulation.
Lecture/Power Point: Radical Republican Reconstruction
Slide show narration by Mr. Meyers
Hofstetter, Susan J. "Total War" Cobblestone. January 2014, pp. 32-34.
Klein, Christopher. "Grant's Overland Campaign" History.org, Retrieved March 29, 2020.
Klein, Christopher. "Grant's Overland Campaign" History.org, Retrieved March 29, 2020.
Majerol, Veronica. "The Emancipation Proclamation" New York Times Upfront. January 7, 2013,
pp. 24-27.
Power, Tracy J. "Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia" Essential Civil War
Curriculum. Virginia Tech. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
Teachinghistory.org. "Stonewall Jackson and the Battle of Chancellorsville"
Retrieved March 25, 2020.
April 1st Assignment:
Today we will be looking at Reconstruction following the end of the Civil War. You will be
viewing part of the power point that I narrated and then moving on to the Guided Reading
that includes focus questions from the first section of the chapter 12. We will go over the
questions on Thursday before moving forward with our Congressional Sub-Committee on
Reconstruction Simulation.
Lecture/Power Point: Radical Republican Reconstruction
Slide show narration by Mr. Meyers
April 2nd Class: Google Meet:
Elizabeth Van Lew's Cipher Code
Lincoln's Second Inaugural "With malice toward none, with charity for all"
"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
Simulation: Congressional Sub-Committee on Reconstruction
April 3rd Assignment: Senate Sub-committee on Reconstruction
Feel free to reach beyond the packets to gather information on Reconstruction to add to
to your plans. Think about ideas like the Freedmen's Bureau and about threats like the Ku
Klux Klan. General Sherman had spoken once about 40 acres and a mule for every Freedman.
Use the following article for additional information.
U.S. History in Context: Reconstruction (password kingswood)
April 6th Assignment:
Google Meet: Progress on Reconstruction Plans
PowerPoint on Reconstruction: Narration by Mr. Meyers
April 7th Assignment:
Each group will share their plans with the class on GoogleMeet. Class members will record what
they find most interesting about the plan and what the major challenge of the plan could be.
April 8th Assignment:
Complete chapter on Reconstruction:The Americans p. 383-401
Focus Questions
April 9th Assignment:
Google Meet class to discuss the Reconstruction years; Successor Failure?
Hamburg Massacre 1876
Crash Course: Reconstruction
April 10 Assignment:
Civil War & Reconstruction Unit Review Sheet
Unit Test Essays:
- Discuss
and critique three decisions made by President Lincoln during the Civil
War that exemplify his leadership in achieving the stated goal of
preserving the Union.
- Examine the differences between the Presidential plan and the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction of the South and discuss the pros (2) and cons (2) of each plan.
April 13th Google Meet:
Cover Review sheets for tomorrow's test
April 14th: Make a copy of the test, rename it, and share. Tests should be submitted by 12:00
Civil War & Reconstruction Unit Test
April 14th: Make a copy of the test, rename it, and share. Tests should be submitted by 12:00
Civil War & Reconstruction Unit Test
Statement Paper Rubric: Leadership of
the Civil War
Exemplary
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Accomplished
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Developing
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Beginning
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Idea
Development
(Course
Specific)
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Creates a strong well
defined thesis with a profound position established on the statement.
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Creates a clear thesis with
a defined position on the statement.
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Opening thesis is
established with a wavering position on the statement.
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Opening thesis established
no clear position on the statement.
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Supporting
Details
(Course
Specific)
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Fully developed analysis of
both political and military leadership during the Civil War. Compelling
arguments and examples with insightful elaboration to support position.
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Careful analysis of both
political and military leadership during the Civil War. Relevant arguments
and examples with sufficient reasoning to support position.
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Some analysis of both
political and military leadership during the Civil War. Arguments and
examples are thinly developed with some relevant details to support position.
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Limited analysis of
leadership during the Civil War. Arguments are generalized with random
examples and information that may or may not support position.
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Use of
Resources
(Information Literacy))
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Highly effective selection and use of resources, including both primary and secondary sources. Skilled application of MLA formatting.
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Careful selection and use use of resources, including both primary and secondary sources. Appropriate application of MLA formatting.
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Narrow selection and simplistic use of resources. Sporadic and/or inconsistent application of MLA formatting.
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Poor selection and misguided/limited use of resources. Little to no effort in the application of MLA formatting.
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Sentence Fluency
(School-wide)
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All sentences sound natural
and are easy-on-the-ear when read aloud. Each sentence is clear and has an
obvious emphasis.
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Almost all sentences sound
natural and are easy-on-the-ear when read aloud, but 1 or 2 are stiff and
awkward or difficult to understand.
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Most sentences sound
natural and are easy-on-the-ear when read aloud, but several are stiff and
awkward or are difficult to understand.
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The sentences are difficult
to read aloud because they sound awkward, are distractingly repetitive, or
difficult to understand.
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Management of
Time
(School-wide)
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Paper is submitted on time;
effective use of class time and strong evidence of effort outside of class.
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Paper is submitted on time;
good use of class time and evidence of effort outside of class.
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Work is only partially
completed for class; use of class time and out of class time needs
improvement.
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Work is late; inappropriate
use of class time and no evidence of out of class time.
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