US History—Espinosa, Jennings, Malone
Monday 3/18
Week THREE/ 5th Six Weeks
We will / Objective: We will understand individuals, issues, and events of the Civil
War.
I will / Product/Task: I will preview the Civil War through the eyes of both Union and
Confederate soldiers and civilians.
Activity: HistoryAlive! The Civil War
 Preview Visuals
 Preview Questions (on netschool)
 Read Section 22.1
Assessment:
High Level Questions:
 What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?
 How was the Civil War different from wars that Americans had previously fought?
 How might the Civil War have been different if it occurred today?
Tuesday 3/19
We will / Objective: We will understand individuals, issues, and events of the Civil
War.
I will / Product/Task: I will compare the strengths and weaknesses of the Union and
Confederacy at the outbreak of the Civil War to predict the outcome of the war.
Activity: HistoryAlive! The Civil War
 Introduce Civil War Project
 Reading Notes 22.2 to 22.4
Assessment:
High Level Questions:
 What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?
 How was the Civil War different from wars that Americans had previously fought?
 How might the Civil War have been different if it occurred today?
Homework: Work on your Civil War project!
Wednesday 3/20
We will / Objective: We will understand individuals, issues, and events of the Civil
War.
I will / Product/Task: I will explain how key events of the Civil War affected soldiers
and civilians.
Activity: HistoryAlive! The Civil War
 Experiential Exercises 1-3
Assessment:
High Level Questions:
 What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?
 How was the Civil War different from wars that Americans had previously fought?
US History—Espinosa, Jennings, Malone
Week THREE/ 5th Six Weeks
 How might the Civil War have been different if it occurred today?
Homework: Work on your Civil War project!
Thursday 3/21
We will / Objective: We will understand individuals, issues, and events of the Civil
War.
I will / Product/Task: I will…
 Examine critical battles and events of the war and connect them to the Union’s
Anaconda Plan.
 Draw connections between significant writings and speeches of Abraham Lincoln
and the Declaration of Independence.
 Identify the views of leaders on both sides and compare and contrast the
experiences of white and black Union soldiers.
Activity: HistoryAlive! The Civil War
 Reading Notes 22.5 to 22.8
Assessment:
High Level Questions:
 What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?
 How was the Civil War different from wars that Americans had previously fought?
 How might the Civil War have been different if it occurred today?
Homework: Work on your Civil War project!
Friday 3/22
We will / Objective: We will understand individuals, issues, and events of the Civil
War.
I will / Product/Task: I will use class time to research my Civil War battle and work
on my project after completing the District Formative.
Activity: HistoryAlive! The Civil War
 Class time to work on Civil War Projects
Assessment:
 District Formative(s)
High Level Questions:
 What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?
 How was the Civil War different from wars that Americans had previously fought?
 How might the Civil War have been different if it occurred today?
Key Understandings
Key Vocabulary
Upcoming Due Dates
Homework: Work on your Civil War project!
Union, Confederacy, civil war, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Abraham
Lincoln, William Carney, Philip Bazaar, Fort Sumter, Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Shiloh,
Battle of Gettysburg, Assassination of President Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation,
habeas corpus, Gettysburg Address, Appomattox Court House
Technological, perpetual, crisis, assert, reinforcements,
Civil War Project SUMMATIVE DUE: Wednesday, March 20th