Brother Against Brother: History of the US Civil War

Students will learn the following:
1.  What events led up to the US Civil War?
2.  What were the key battles and why did they matter?
3.  What was the Emancipation Proclamation, what did it do, and why did it matter?
4.  Who where the key leaders during the war?
5.  What were the consequences of the war for the United States?

I've previously taught Civil War classes for Outschool.  I was a senior trainer for National Park Service executives on the Civil War.  I've worked as a docent for two Civil War battlefields.  I've personally visited over 30 Civil War battlefields in both the Eastern and Western US.

Learners will be given a quick assignment at the end of sessions #1, #2, #3, and #4.  This will usually involve finding a specific location (like Vicksburg or Murfreesboro) on a map.

Questions during class, in-class discussion, and brief knowledge checks during each session.

4 hours 35 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 1 - 2 hours per week outside of class.

For anyone interested in getting a good understanding of the Civil War, any book (nonfiction) by Stephen Sears or Bruce Catton is excellent--very readable and in-depth.  On the fiction side, any book by Ralph Peters will be outstanding and also McKinley Kantor.  Probably the most popular Civil War fiction book is "The Killer Angles" by Michael Shaara (which is different from the series of books by his son).