Focus: Study of the war's end and the process of Reconstruction and its impact on modern day America.
Unit Length: 4 Weeks
Grade Level: Juniors and Seniors
Student Outcomes:
1. identify the major characters and battles of the war's end and Reconstruction.
2. interpret the Election of 1864 and its impact on the United States.
3. understand and analyze the impact of the ending of the war and Reconstruction on the United States as well as modern society.
Lectures & Handouts:
"Battles March through April 1864"
"Election of 1864"
"War's Final Phase"
"Battles September 1864-April 1865"
"War's End"
"Beginnings of Reconstruction"
"Congressional Reconstruction"
"Economic Reconstruction"
Film:
Episodes of Ken Burns: The Civil War
Andersonville
Assessment:
Participation
Reaction Paper
Test
Unit Length: 4 Weeks
Grade Level: Juniors and Seniors
Student Outcomes:
1. identify the major characters and battles of the war's end and Reconstruction.
2. interpret the Election of 1864 and its impact on the United States.
3. understand and analyze the impact of the ending of the war and Reconstruction on the United States as well as modern society.
Lectures & Handouts:
"Battles March through April 1864"
"Election of 1864"
"War's Final Phase"
"Battles September 1864-April 1865"
"War's End"
"Beginnings of Reconstruction"
"Congressional Reconstruction"
"Economic Reconstruction"
Film:
Episodes of Ken Burns: The Civil War
Andersonville
Assessment:
Participation
Reaction Paper
Test