Historia de Estados Unidos, grados 3.º a 5.º, Guerra Civil estadounidense, era 5

This course covers the Civil War in the United States and the reconstruction of the south. Lessons are planned using the UCLA history standards. This is the 5th in a series to cover the 9 eras of American History. They do not need to be completed in chronological order. 

This class uses a mixture of lecture and interactive note-taking, discussion, and projects/games/activities that extend learning. Students will often guide their own learning by asking meaningful questions and seeking the answers through primary sources. 

Some activities of the class include:
--gallery walk of civil war era photograph
--examination of letters and articles during the era
--reading diary entries of Civil War soldiers
--listening to music of the Civil War
--simulation of the spread of Yellow Fever
--taking on roles of African Americans during reconstruction

***Before the War Began***
Day 1: 
Enslaved as a resilient people 
Harriet Tubman and others who resisted 

Day 2:
The abolitionist movement
The Fugitive Slave Act 
The Underground Railroad

Day 3:
Causes of the Civil War
Various pieces of legislation the propelled the country toward war 
-Missouri Compromise in 1820
-Compromise of 1850
-Kansas-Nebraska Bill in 1854.
Discover the Dred Scott decision and its implications
The election of 1860 

***The War Begins***
Day 4:
Fort Sumter decision
Battles of the Civil War

Day 5: 
Emancipation Proclamation 
--who did it free?
Other speeches by Lincoln
The original 13th amendment.

Day 6:
African American troops
Union Vs. Confederate troops
Women in the Civil War

Day 7:
Women in the Civil War
Spies in the Civil War

Day 8:
Photography in the Civil War
Life at war
The home front

***The End of the War and Reconstruction***
Day 9: 
Gettysburg Address
The fall of Richmond 
Juneteenth 

Day 10:
Reconstruction
-problems facing former enslaved African Americans