SS10.5.11

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

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.

Vocabulary

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

Aligned Learning Resources

Who Am I? A History Mystery

Slavery

John Brown's Legacy

The Time Trial of John Brown

Exploring the Gettysburg Address

Find Grace's Family

Emancipation Proclamation

Battle of Perryville: The Civil War Era

Lincoln's Assassination | Lincoln:

Life During Civil War

Remembering Lincoln

Not Boring Jeopardy - Founding Fathers Edition

John Brown's Antislavery Raid

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