Period 5: Civil War The American Pageant Chapters 14 & 15 (CR2) Cotton culture, southern society and the impact of the plantation system; Popular Content: sovereignty, the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law; the impact of Dred Scott; political crisis in the election of 1860; economic changes in the North and South; women and the war; the Emancipation Proclamation; the legacy of war in both the North and South; Reconstruction; rights of freedmen and women. Primary Source Analysis: Slave American Spirit “A Woman’s Tale” Sundering of American Spirit “The Families” American Spirit “Abraham Lincoln Appraises Abolitionism” American Spirit “Tom Defies Simon Legree: South Scorns Mrs. Stowe: American Spirit “The the Slavocracy: American Spirit “Charles Sumner Assails Pro-Southern Court American Spirit “The Speaks” Denies Black American Spirit “Abraham Lincoln Equality” American Spirit “Grant’s Farewell Apology” The Emancipation Proclamation Using the SOAPSTone method, students will analyze the above primary sources. (CR7) Secondary Source Analysis: Howard Zinn, (CR1c) “Slavery…without Freedom” Chronological Reasoning Lesson: Students look at the evolution of public polices related to slavery and racial inequality to 1877. After making a list, students write an essay to explain the evolution and moments when change occurred and why. (CR9) DBQ: Civil War (CR5) Unit 5 Exam: Multiple choice questions, short answer questions and one free response on Abraham Lincoln.
Period 5: Civil War The American Pageant Chapters 14 & 15 (CR2) Content: Cotton culture, southern society and the impact of the plantation system; Popular sovereignty, the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law; the impact of Dred Scott; political crisis in the election of 1860; economic changes in the North and South; women and the war; the Emancipation Proclamation; the legacy of war in both the North and South; Reconstruction; rights of freedmen and women. Primary Source Analysis: American Spirit “A Slave Woman’s Tale” American Spirit “The Sundering of Families” American Spirit “Abraham Lincoln Appraises Abolitionism” American Spirit “Tom Defies Simon Legree: American Spirit “The South Scorns Mrs. Stowe: American Spirit “Charles Sumner Assails the Slavocracy: American Spirit “The Pro-Southern Court Speaks” American Spirit “Abraham Lincoln Denies Black Equality” American Spirit “Grant’s Farewell Apology” The Emancipation Proclamation Using the SOAPSTone method, students will analyze the above primary sources. (CR7) Secondary Source Analysis: Howard Zinn, “Slavery…without Freedom” (CR1c) Chronological Reasoning Lesson: Students look at the evolution of public polices related to slavery and racial inequality to 1877. After making a list, students write an essay to explain the evolution and moments when change occurred and why. (CR9) DBQ: Civil War (CR5) Unit 5 Exam: Multiple choice questions, short answer questions and one free response on Abraham Lincoln.