Civil War
Directions: Pretend that you are alive during the Civil War. You will choose one of the following scenarios and research to find out how you would survive or what would be important to you during the Civil War. There are vocabulary and people listed under each one that you must include in your presentation. Once you have done your research, you will present to the class on what you learned about your specific scenario. You can create a Google Slide or Google Drawing with your information to share with the class. While each group is presenting, you will take notes in your journal about some of the important aspects of the Civil War. After each group has presented to the class, you will take the quiz about the Civil War.
Confederate or Union SoldierYou are a confederate or Union soldier fighting for the south or north. Tell what you are fighting for and why you want the south to win the war. Tell who is your leader and where you are going to fight. Make sure to include the vocabulary terms and people that are listed below in your presentation.
Vocabulary Terms and People:
Robert E Lee secede bayonet blockade casualty confederacy flank Mason-Dixon Line Militia plantation South rebel Emancipation Proclomation Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S Grant State Map during the Civil War
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Underground RailroadYou are a slave who is trying to escape to freedom. Tell how you would escape, where you are headed, how you will get there, and who would help you get there. Below are terms and people that need to be included in your presentation. Use the links and videos to learn more about the Underground Railroad before starting your presentation.
Vocabulary Terms and People:
conductors stations stockholders Harriet Tubman Quakers Abolitionists Fugitive Slave Act passengers Extension Activity: Scholastic Underground Railroad
Texas and the Civil WarYou are a slave owning citizen living in Texas during the Civil War. Tell how the war is affecting your life. Are you able to get the supplies you need and ship the products that you are creating. Are you able to continue using your slaves to run your plantation? Use the links below to learn more about what it was like living in Texas during the civil war. Make sure to include the terms and people in your presentation.
Vocabulary Terms and People:
Plantation secede abolitionist cavalry tariff blockade nullify Sam Houston reconstruction Juneteenth Emancipation Proclomation |
Plantations and SlaveryYou are a slave working on a plantation. Tell what your usual day is like. When do you get up, what work do you do, do you get paid, do you have time for playing games? Use the links below to learn more about what it was like to be a slave before creating your presentation. Make sure to include the terms and people in your presentation.
Vocabulary Terms and People:
plantation cash crops sharecropper shortage Juneteenth freedom slavery Use your social studies Textbook pages 239-243
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Use your social studies Textbook pages 244-248
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When everyone in your class has presented their project and you have taken notes in your journal about the Civil War, Take this quiz. Ask your teacher if you can use your notes on the quiz.