State Standard:

 

SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
     a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include
         slavery [pp. 220, 222, 256, 267-268], states’ rights [p. 215], nullification,
         Missouri Compromise [pp. 222, 225], Compromise of 1850 [pp. 223, 225,
         243-244] and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act [p. 225-226], Dred
         Scott case [p. 223], election of 1860 [pp. 245-248], the debate over secession
         in Georgia [pp. 247, 301-302], and the role of Alexander Stephens [pp. 243,
         244, 247, 248, 252].
     b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam,
         Emancipation Proclamation [pp. 235, 267-268], Gettysburg, Chickamauga [pp.
         269, 272], the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast [pp. 260, 264, 274],
         Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign [pp. 272-273], Sherman’s March to the Sea [pp.
         273-274], and Andersonville [pp. 275-276].
     c. Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states,
         emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau [pp. 235, 293, 299-300, 303, 305];
         sharecropping [pp. 307-308, 326]and tenant farming [pp. 307-308, 396];
         Reconstruction plans [pp. 300-301, 302-304]; 13th, 14th, and 15th
         amendments to the constitution [pp. 301-306]; Henry McNeal Turner and black
         legislators [pp. 305, 352]; and the Ku Klux Klan [pp. 293, 305-306, 359, 384-
         385].

   

Monday
2/4/08
 

Tuesday
2/5/08
 

Wednesday
2/6/08

 

Thursday
2/7/08

 

Friday
2/8/08

 
 
Students continued watching "Race to Freedom" today.

 
After completing the film "Race to Freedom," students began working on a Civil War Magazine.  This magazine project will be a major grade for the Civil War unit.
 
Although today was an early release day, students were able to begin working on their Civil War Magazine project.  Students were given a Research Packet and used computers to gather data.
 
Students completed their today Research Packet in class.  After completing the research, students began writing the articles that will eventually be included in the Civil War Magazine
 
Class began today with an introduction to the Microsoft Publisher software.  They then spent the remainder of class using the program to begin constructing their Civil War Magazine projects.
 
 

 

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