Classroom Resource

Who Am I? A History Mystery

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

4, 5, 10

Overview

In this interactive activity, students will compare various roles of men and women at home and on the battlefront during the Civil War by playing an interactive game. Students choose a mystery character from the Civil War and select objects as clues to their identity.

Content Standards

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 4

SS10.4.8
Explain Alabama’s economic and military role during the Civil War.

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Vocabulary

textiles
munitions
armament
casualties
infrastructure
economics

Knowledge

Students know:

Alabama made important economic contributions to the Civil War including production of iron products, munitions, textiles, and ships.
Alabama made important military contributions to the Civil War including provision of military supplies through the Port of Mobile and provision of an armament center at Selma.
Women made significant contributions to the war on the home front and on the battlefield.
There were several important military leaders of the Civil War.
The destruction of the transportation infrastructure, and high casualty rates during the Civil War caused Alabama's economic structure to collapse.

Skills

Students are able to:

Analyze the significance of Alabama's economic and military role during the Civil War including the production of iron products, munitions, textiles, and ships, providing military supplies through the Port of Mobile, and providing an armament center at Selma.
Recognizing military leaders from Alabama during the Civil War.
Compare and contrast the roles of women on the home front and the battlefront during and after the Civil War.
Analyze how the collapse of the economic structure, destruction of the transportation infrastructure, and high casualty rates impacted Alabama's economic condition after the Civil War.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Alabama played a significant role in the South's effort during the Civil War.
The war caused catastrophic destruction in the South which devastated Alabama's economy.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 5

SS10.5.11
1Identify causes of the Civil War, including states’ rights and the issue of slavery.

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Vocabulary

Civil War
Missouri Compromise
insurrection
opposition
rebellion
personalities
political conditions
confederacy
secession

Knowledge

Students know:

Causes of the Civil War, including issues of states' rights and slavery.
The importance of the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner's insurrection, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's rebellion, and the election of 1860.
Key Northern and Southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler.
Social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War.
Alabama's role in the Civil War (Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession).

Skills

Students are able to:

Locate key places and events on a physical and political map.
Identify and analyze the causes of political conflict Identify key people and explain their role throughout the Civil War.
Describe and draw conclusions about the war affected the citizens of the United States.
Interpret and define the role of Alabama in the Civil War.

Understanding

Students understand that:

There were many factors that led to the Civil War.
Key people and ordinary citizens contributed to and were impacted by the Civil War.
Alabama responded to, participated in, and was impacted by the Civil War.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 10 - United States History I

SS10.US1.11
Evaluate the impact of American social and political reform on the emergence of a distinct culture. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]

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Vocabulary

reform
culture
impact

Knowledge

Students know:

The impact of American social and political reform on the emergence of a distinct American culture.
The impact of the Second Great Awakening on the emergence of a national identity.
Emergence of uniquely American writers including James Fenimore Cooper, Henry David Thoreau, and Edgar Allen Poe.
The influence of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Dorothea Lynde Dix, and Susan B. Anthony.
The development of social reform movements prior to the Civil War.

Skills

Students are able to:

Evaluate the impact of American social and political reform.
Discuss the emergence of a distinct culture including the advantages, disadvantages, limitations, etc.
Compare the impact of the Second Great Awakening and other reform movements on the emergence of a national identity.
Describe the emergence of uniquely American writers.
Describe the influence of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Dorothea Lynde Dix, and Susan B. Anthony on American society.

Understanding

Students understand that:

There were social and political reforms before the Civil War that impacted, individually and collectively, the American social and political development from the time period and into modern times.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 10 - United States History I

SS10.US1.14
Describe how the Civil War influenced the United States, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg and Sherman’s March to the Sea. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.i., A.1.k.]

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

division
distribution
trace
impact

Knowledge

Students know:

Major military and political events of the Civil War, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg and Sherman's March to the Sea.
Key Northern and Southern Civil War personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, and William Tecumseh Sherman.
Divisions of resources, population distribution, and transportation in the nation during the Civil War.
Reasons border states remained in the Union during the Civil War.
Major nonmilitary social and political events during the Civil War, including the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, Northern draft riots, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address.
The role of women in American society during the Civil War, including efforts made by Elizabeth Blackwell and Clara Barton. Major aspects of Alabama's involvement in the Civil War.

Skills

Students are able to:

Describe major military and political events of the Civil War.
Trace important Civil War battles in a map.
Identify key Northern and Southern Civil War personalities, and analyze the role and influence of each.
Analyze the division of resources, population distribution and transportation in the United States during the Civil War.
Analyze primary source documents pertinent to Civil-War era issues.
Explain the reason border states remained in the Union during the Civil War.
Describe major non-military social and political events during the Civil War.
Describe the role of women in American society during the Civil War.
Trace Alabama's involvement in the Civil War.

Understanding

Students understand that:

The was a significant impact of the Civil War, its significant battles and influential leaders, nonmilitary events of the time period, abolition, reform efforts by women, and Alabama's involvement in the war.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/resources/whoami/whoami.html

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Interactive/Game

Resource Provider

Smithsonian

Accessibility

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://www.si.edu/Termsofuse

Approved Date

2019-02-01

Curated by

mgsaboyd

Who Am I? A History Mystery

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

SS10.4.8
Explain Alabama’s economic and military role during the Civil War.

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.4.8

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

SS10.5.11
1Identify causes of the Civil War, including states’ rights and the issue of slavery.

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.5.11

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

SS10.US1.11
Evaluate the impact of American social and political reform on the emergence of a distinct culture. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.US1.11

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

SS10.US1.14
Describe how the Civil War influenced the United States, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg and Sherman’s March to the Sea. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.i., A.1.k.]

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.US1.14

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Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

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Resource Provider

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Custom License Type (URL)

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Who Am I? A History Mystery

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

SS10.4.8 Explain Alabama’s economic and military role during the Civil War.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

SS10.5.11 1Identify causes of the Civil War, including states’ rights and the issue of slavery.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

SS10.US1.11 Evaluate the impact of American social and political reform on the emergence of a distinct culture. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

SS10.US1.14 Describe how the Civil War influenced the United States, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg and Sherman’s March to the Sea. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.i., A.1.k.]

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

URL (web address)

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License Type

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Approved Date

SS10.4.8
Explain Alabama’s economic and military role during the Civil War.

SS10.5.11
1Identify causes of the Civil War, including states’ rights and the issue of slavery.

SS10.US1.11
Evaluate the impact of American social and political reform on the emergence of a distinct culture. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]

SS10.US1.14
Describe how the Civil War influenced the United States, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg and Sherman’s March to the Sea. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.i., A.1.k.]