Civil War/Dividing line between North and South

Day 1: American History

Standard: Concept 1: Research Skills for History: PO1-3, 7, 8:
� PO 1. Construct charts, graphs, and narratives using historical data.
� PO 2. Interpret historical data displayed in graphs, tables, and charts.
� PO 3. Construct timelines (e.g., presidents/ world leaders, key events, people) of the historical era being studied.
� PO 7. Analyze cause and effect relationships between and among individuals and/or historical events.
� PO 8. Analyze two points of view on the same historical event.

Day 2: World History

Standard: Concept 6: Age of Revolution: PO1, 2:

� PO 1. Describe how innovations and inventions during the Industrial Revolution impacted industry, manufacturing, and transportation.
� PO 2. Determine the effect of the Industrial Revolution on the Western World:
A. growth of cities
B. rise of middle class
C. spread of industrialism
D. rise of imperialism
E. foundation for future technological advances
F. labor issues

Day 3: Geography

Standard: Concept 2: Places and Regions: PO1
� PO 1. Identify common characteristics of contemporary and historical regions on the basis of climate, landforms, ecosystems, and culture.

Standard: Concept 4: Human Systems: PO1, 2, 6, 7
� PO 1. Identify the push and pull factors (e.g., economic conditions, human rights conditions, famines, political strife/wars, natural disasters, changes in technology) that drive human migrations.
� PO 2. Describe the effects (e.g., economic, environmental, cultural, political) of human migrations on places and regions.
� PO 6. Describe the aspects of culture (e.g., literacy, occupations, clothing, property rights) related to beliefs and understandings that influence the economic, social, and political activities of men and women.
� PO 7. Describe how changes in technology, transportation, communication, and resources affect economic development.

Day 4: Economics

Standard: Concept 1: Foundations of Economics: PO1-3
� PO 1. Explain how limited resources and unlimited human wants cause people to choose some things and give up others.
� PO 2. Analyze how scarcity, opportunity costs, and trade-offs, influence decision-making.
� PO 3. Analyze how individuals, governments and businesses make choices based on the availability of resources.

Day 5: Civics/Government

Standard: Concept 1: Foundations of Government: PO1
� PO 1. Describe how the following philosophies and documents influenced the creation of the Constitution:
A. Magna Carta
B. English Bill of Rights
C. Montesquieu�s separation of power
D. John Locke�s theories � natural law, social contract
E. Mayflower Compact
F. Declaration of Independence
G. Articles of Confederation

Estimated Time:

You will have the next five days to work on finding the information you will need to build your power point presentations on the event that led up to the Civil War. You will present your power points the following week.

Curriculum Areas:

� Social Studies
� Language Arts
� Technology
� Art/Creativity

Materials Needed:

� Paper
� Pencils
� Laptops
� Flash drives

Lesson Objectives:

You will research information about life before the civil war and the events that led up to the Civil War. With this information you will create a power point presentation. The power point will need to have a title page, at least 6 information pages, and a resource page. These pages should include:

� A time line of events prior the Civil War
� How the cotton industry changed lives
� How the cotton gin changed the work industry
� How women were affected by the industry
� New technology that led to the technology today
� Slave auctions
� The Underground Railroad
� List of people how helped free the slaves and a brief description of what they did, such as Harriet Tubman, Josiah Henson, Anthony Burns, John Brown, and etc.
� The differences in the North and South�s opinions on slavery
� Describe the affect Abraham Lincoln had on slavery
� Photographs of the events and people prior to the Civil War
� Charts and/or graphs to compare profits that were made in the North and South over the years prior the Civil War
� Description of the key vocabulary words: Civil War, Slaves, Cotton Gin, Textile Mills, Spinning Mules, Power Looms, and Underground Railroad

You are to use the internet, books, encyclopedias, books written specifically about the war or events leading up to it. You shall also review the events immediately following the war. There are some situations that are currently in the news relating to some unresolved issues stemming from that era. What are they? Newspaper articles, news magazines, historic novels, films will provide a wealth of information for your paper and oral presentation.