Civil War & Reconstruction Day 3 Civil War and Reconstruction #1 due Thursday @ 10:45 p.m. The Big Idea The United States began to tear apart over the issue of slavery and states’ rights. Finally, something had to give. The Civil War erupted in South Carolina, and lasted from 1861-1865. In the end, North and South reunited, the country was reconstructed, but Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, was dead. Warm-up Causes of the Civil War Project KANSAS Objective: TLW identify and explain causes and events leading to the Civil War Activity: Have students write the warm up in their journal, discuss. Then introduce the project they will be working on using the power points. Then have students begin their research. They will use their textbooks and journal pages 9-11. Materials: Journal, textbook, pen/pencil, power points Evaluation: Teacher observation & journal TEKS: 7ABCD, 8BC Warm-Up Kansas came to be known as ___________ Kansas because of the fight over slavery. bleeding
ON YOUR DESK UNDER YOUR CHAIR Journal pages 4 – 5 Textbook Pen or Pencil UNDER YOUR CHAIR Everything else
OBJECTIVE Research and explain the events which led the United States to the Civil War. You will make a drawing depicting the causes.
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