1. Slavery
1.1. Topics We'll Cover and Materials to Support
1.1.1. Effect of slavery in the south
1.1.1.1. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3558
1.1.1.2. http://www.articlemyriad.com/slavery-americas-south-implications-effects/
1.1.1.3. http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1609-1865/essays/aafamilies.htm
1.1.1.4. http://www.cliffsnotes.com/more-subjects/history/us-history-i/slavery-and-the-south/slavery-the- economy-and-society
1.1.2. History of slavery
1.1.2.1. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery
1.1.2.2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDukq8npXBk
1.1.2.3. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/lessons.html
1.1.3. Moral dilemma for the USA
1.1.3.1. http://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/57
1.1.3.2. http://www.abrahamlincolns.com/abraham-slavery.php
1.1.3.3. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/slavery.html
1.1.3.4. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/responses/
1.1.4. Various groups' responses to slavery
1.1.4.1. http://www.smcps.org/files/Diversity/Lessons/Lesson_19.pdf
1.1.4.2. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/church-southern/history6.html
1.1.4.3. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/responses/
1.1.4.4. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery/videos/john-browns-raid? m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
1.1.4.5. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery/videos/harriet-tubman-and-the-underground- railroad
1.2. INSTRUCTION
1.2.1. Students will receive background information through pictures, videos, and primary sources
1.2.2. Students will answer questions as they examine the materials to track their progress and answer important benchmark questions
1.2.3. Students will then have a choice in assignment
1.2.3.1. Option One: Create a sumarizing pro/con list about slavery
1.2.3.2. Option Two: Create a newspaper article that discusses slavery and its impacts throughout the country.
2. Lincoln and Politics
2.1. Topics We'll Cover and Materials to Support
2.1.1. Compromises and attempts at political cooperation
2.1.2. Lincoln's Election
2.1.2.1. http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres31.html
2.1.3. Divison on political issues
3. Cultural Differences
3.1. Topics We'll Cover and Materials to Support
3.1.1. Urbanization vs. Rural farmland
3.1.1.1. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/northandsouth.html
3.1.1.2. http://www.mrkash.com/activities/northsouth.html
3.1.1.3. http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/factory-vs-plantation-north-and-south
3.2. INSTRUCTION
3.2.1. Students will click through several readings and videos on the topic
3.2.2. As students watch and read, they will complete a graphic organizer
3.2.3. After they have completed the graphic organizer, they will have a choice in an assignment
3.2.3.1. Option One: Complete a venn diagram that compares and contrasts the culture in the
3.2.3.2. Option Two: Students will write a diary entry about what life is like in either the north or south (their choice)
4. Economic Differences
4.1. Topics We'll Cover and Materials to Support
4.1.1. Industry vs. Farming
4.1.1.1. http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/factory-vs-plantation-north-and-south
4.1.1.2. http://www.nps.gov/resources/story.htm?id=251
4.1.1.3. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/civil-war-industry-and- manufacturing
4.1.1.4. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/northandsouth.html
5. Pre-Test
5.1. Do you think it's true?
5.1.1. Check statements about the causes of the Civil war that students predict are true
5.1.1.1. Students will watch a quick activating video prior to completing
5.1.2. https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/civilwarcauses/preview.weml
5.1.3. http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/causes-of-the-civil-war/
6. Post-Test
6.1. Students will create a 5 photo story.
6.1.1. 1 Title page
6.1.2. 1 Page for each cause
6.1.3. Students will have a rubric and share it on Schoology