Unpacked Content
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.
Vocabulary
- division
- distribution
- trace
- impact
