Ohio During the Civil War Standards-based Lesson Plan Fifth-grade Missy Sharp Allison Eckstein Andy Couper Todd Moore

Table of Contents History Web Sites People in Societies Geography Economics Government Citizenship Technology

History Web Sites List of sites for the Underground Railroad ates.htm Timeline of the Civil War Outline of the Civil War history/gr02006.htm#[I] history/gr02006.htm#[I Uncle Tom’s Cabin bin/page.cgi/jb/reform/beecher_1 Underground Railroad and causes of the Civil War oad.html

Activities 1.Teacher will read excerpts from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe who lived in Cincinnati. Students will discuss in groups what effect the novel may have had on people at that time. Class discussion of events that followed publication. 2.Students will play a simulated game, Underground Railroad, in which they take the part of passengers, conductors, and bounty hunters.

Activities, cont. 3.Working in groups, students will construct an illustrated timeline of events of the Civil War. Individually, they will choose one event and write about its importance. 4.Students will role play a political discussion between supporters of the war effort and opponents. 5.Students will draw a political cartoon, write an editorial, or give a speech to influence opinion about the Civil War.

People in Society Web Sites The Colored Troops apt6.htm The Ohio Village s/ohvillag/ African American Struggle 57/

People in Society Web Sites Women’s issues during the Civil War om/women/women.html Margaret Garner m/~kypendle/slavemarg aretgarner.htm

Activities 1.Students will take a field trip to Ohio Village, in Columbus, which depicts life during the Civil War. 2.Students will create an illustrated diary of their experiences at Ohio Village. 3.Students will read textbook section detailing the struggle of African-Americans in Ohio to fight for the Union.

Activities, cont. 4.Students will discuss in groups problems that women faced during the war. They will brainstorm possible solutions. 5.Students will read about Margaret Garner, an escaped slave who killed one of her own children rather than return her to slavery. Class will discuss her decision.

Geography Web Sites John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail Color landform atlas: Ohio mic/offsite.htm?site= uapl.edu/states/oh%5F0.html Civil War image map mastdog/oh.html

Geography Web Sites Ohio Civil War Travel Guide ar.com/statepic/oh.h tml Morgan’s Raiders net/~loweryjr/morga n.htm

Activities 1.Students will research information on the physical geography of Ohio and draw a map of Ohio which represents this information. 2.Students will measure travel and actual distances between given locations within Ohio.

Activities, cont. 3.Students will complete a political map with principal cities and bordering states. 4.Students will make a travel brochure which highlights characteristics of the state during the Civil War. 5.Students will research Morgan’s Raiders and draw on map their route through Ohio.

Economic Web Sites Ohio’s economic contribution html Ohio’s industrial growth m2004/is_1_47/ai_ Transportation for industry ory/ocoa/pla/r.shtml Ohio Civil War natural resources ks.html Students will write a letter to an Ohio Civil War farmer. homework.asp?category=1

Activities 1.Students will discuss how Ohio’s economic development contributed to the war. 2.Students will read textbook section dealing with the industrial growth in Ohio. 3.Students will research modes of transportation for industrial and agricultural goods during the Civil War.

Activities, cont. 4.Students will research Ohio’s natural resources and determine their importance to the war effort. 5.Students will write a letter to a farmer who is fighting in the war and whose family is running the farm alone. They can be either the farmer’s wife or a child. They should describe economic conditions and problems they are facing.

Government Web Sites Welcome to the American presidency Civil War Ohio Civil War Politics Civil War Politicians Voting in Civil War times Ohio

Government 1.Students will read about political decisions leading up to the war. Class discussion of these decisions. 2.Teacher will read Ulysses S. Grant. Class discussion of how Ohio leaders during the war affected politics afterward. 3.Students will learn about political parties during the war and compare their stand on the issues.

Activities, cont. 4.Students will choose a Civil War leader who becomes involved in politics after the war. They will research their person and write a report on him. 5.Students will learn about and discuss which people in Ohio were allowed to vote during that time and who were not allowed and what effect that had.

Citizenship Web Sites Civil Rights during the Civil War Civil War Draft America: A Land of Many People R /www/documents/041/cat/wwi770.htm Civil Rights Living in the Civil War / /qid= /sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/ ?v=glance&s=books

Activities 1.Class discussion of patriotism and freedom of speech. 2.Students will read about how some Ohioans were able to pay someone to fight in their place after the draft went into effect. They will write a journal entry detailing their feelings on this issue.

Activities, cont. 3. Students will watch America: A Land of Many People. 4.Students will read in text about the different groups of people living in Ohio. They will discuss this reading and the previous video. 5.Teacher will read If You Lived in the Time of the Civil War. Students will answer the questions included.

Skills and Methods Web Sites Civil War Troop Statistics ic_html/The_Great_Republic_By_th e_Master_Historians_Vol_III/civilwar _fi.html Union Soldiers r/3680/cw/cw.html Actual Letters from the Civil War

Skills and Methods Web Sites Internet Articles Analyzing Civil War Pictures

Activities 1.Students will study a graph illustrating the number of soldiers from each state compared to its population. They will write a paragraph explaining what they discovered. 2.Students will pretend to be a Union soldier and write a letter back home describing their experiences.

Activities, cont. 3.Students will read actual letters written by soldiers during the Civil War. In groups, they will compare their letters. 4.Students will research an article on the internet and verify the information through another source such as a textbook or encyclopedia. 5.Students will examine Civil War era pictures. Class discussion of what pictures tell about the time.

Technology Web Sites Letters from 126 th Ohio Volunteer Poetry and music in the War Between the States Civil War newspapers m

Technology Web Sites Civil War Novels Panoramic Battle Fields m/stonewall/

Activities 1.Students will use the internet to find primary sources, choose three, and write a paragraph each describing them. 2.Students will use the internet to find songs or poems from the Civil War era from both sides and compare in a paragraph some differences between them.

Activities, cont. 3.Students will research Ulysses S. Grant and his role in the Civil War. They will complete a worksheet. 4.Students will use the internet to compile a list of novels about the Civil War. 5.Students will view panoramic views of Civil War battlefields.