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
2/11/08
 

 


 

Tuesday
2/12/08

 

Wednesday
2/13/08
 

 

 

 

Thursday
2/14/08

 

Friday
2/15/08
 


 
 
Students were introduced to a book titles The Boys War toady in class.  As a class we read through sections of the book to give students an idea of the lifestyle led by a Civil War soldier. 

After working through sections of the book as a class, students began gathering information from the book on their own.  Students used a Research Sheet to guide their work with the books. 
 
We continued working on the Civil War Magazine in the computer lab today.  Student were to have three of thee required articles and one additional article completed at the end of class.
 
Students used a Research Sheet to continue the exploration of the book "The Boys' War."  The research they gathered will be used in the future to help them write a letter form the perspective of a Civil War soldier. 

After completing 4 out of the 7 categories on the Research Sheet, students were given their progress reports.  The last minutes of class were then spent watching an excerpt from the film "Andersonville," which documents life in the infamous Georgia Civil War prison.
 
We continued working on the Civil War Magazine in the computer lab today.  Student were to have six of the required articles and two additional articles completed at the end of class.
 
Today, we finished the Civil War Magazine in the computer lab.  Students printed their projects in color and then gave a big sigh of relief.  The rubric for grading the assignment can be found Here.

Students we also given a Review Sheet for the Civil War test that will be next Friday.
 
 

 

Page last updated on 02/20/2008

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