1. Civil War & Reconstruction Day 2
Civil War & Reconstruction #1 due 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 In the end, North and South reunited, the country was reconstructed, but Abraham Lincoln, perhaps our greatest president, was dead.
Need a poster board by tomorrow!
Warm – Up
Turn in your puzzle folder to me
“The Story of Us: Division”
Objective: TLW understand how political, economic, and social factors led to the growth of sectionalism and the Civil War.
Activity: Have students write down the warm up in their journal, discuss. Then watch “The Story of Us – Division” and have students take notes on page 3 in their journal.
Materials: Journal, pen/pencil, video, ppt.
Evaluation: Teacher Observation & notes
TEKS: b7
Warm-up
What did Eli Whitney invent that
increased slavery in the south?
cotton gin

2. This episode covers the events leading to the Civil War.
DIVISION
This episode covers the events leading to the Civil War.
Erie Canal
Cotton gin
Slavery
Power looms
Labor Movement
Whale oil
Frederick Douglass
Underground RR
Fugitive Slave Act
John Brown

3. Cell phone – Google Classroom
ON YOUR DESK
Cell phone – Google Classroom
Pen/pencil
UNDER YOUR CHAIR
Everything else