Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Life During Civil War

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

5

Overview

Students pretend they are reporters from Alabama. They will choose a survivor of the Civil War to interview - a Confederate soldier, a Union soldier, a politician, a civilian (non-soldier), or a woman. Students will create a fictional person to interview, but their answers must be based on historical facts. Students will prepare at least three questions for this person with a focus on their experiences during the war. Edit the video to go between the student as the reporter asking the questions and the student as the interviewed person. Bonus challenge: add costumes/props! 

A YouTube video is attached in the Flipgrid for an additional resource on the Civil War.

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 5

    SS10.5.11

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

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.5.11

    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.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Lesson/Unit Plan

    Resource Provider

    Other

    Resource Provider other

    Flipgrid
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
    License

    License Type

    Custom
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