Slavery & Civil War: Iowa By Patricia Brandt

Summary My lesson is incorporated into a Slavery/Civil War Unit. It is designed to be taught after lessons on American slavery. It focuses on the Civil War in Iowa, particularly African American soldiers involvement.

Summary Continued... Overview of Lesson Plan: Quote of the day (Frederick Douglas)- Collaboration Map of Union/Confederacy- discussion Read aloud “Prelude to War”- discussion Powerpoint- Slavery, Iowa & Civil War (Iowa History Project) Video- Alexander Clark Self Assessment- 3 points you learned Journal entry Assignment

Summary continued... Modification for auditory dyslexic student: text handout for read aloud typed out slide notes transcript of video Differentiation for students with difficulty with numbers: Map- scale Text- dates

Alignments Standard: African American History Elective Iowa Core Social Studies Standards Iowa History: SS-US.9-12.27. Evaluate Iowans or groups of Iowans who have influenced US History. Teaching Iowa History Project Standard SS-US.9-12.23. Iowans Influence on US History African American History Elective 10-12th Grade Essential Question How were African Americans in Iowa involved in the war?

Alignments continued... Big Ideas: Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, War, Regiment, Iowa Understandings: students will understand… Slavery was a major influencer of the Civil War Northern states were free and southern states had slavery Southern states left the union (secession) Some states that stayed in the union were slave states African Americans in Iowa (northern free state) were soldiers in the Civil War Knowledge: Free vs slave state, secession, Union, Confederacy, 1st Colored Regiment of Iowa, Civil War Skills: Inquiry, geographic knowledge of “North” and “South”, Collaboration and writing

Evidence from Assessment Quote of the Day- Slavery, war, collaboration Observation of Discussion Secession, Union, Confederacy, Civil War Slavery was a major influencer of the Civil War Northern states were free and southern states had slavery Southern states left the union (secession) Some states that stayed in the union were slave states Journal Entry: Inquiry, African Americans in Iowa (northern free state) were soldiers in the Civil War

Learning Activities Discussion on slave & free state maps Read aloud Northern states were free, southern states had slavery, Southern states left the union (secession), Free vs slave states, secession, Union & Confederacy Read aloud Secession, Union, Confederacy, What states were in the Union & what were in the Confederacy, Civil War Powerpoint Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, 1st Colored Regiment of Iowa