Week 1
Lesson 1
The Era Between the Revolutionary War and the US Civil War
What events occurred between 1783 and 1861?
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark Expedition
War of 1812
Battle of the Alamo
Trail of Tears
The Mexican-American War
The Gold Rush
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Introduction to the Civil War
Slavery
John Brown
The Underground Railroad
Bleeding Kansas
The Election of 1860
Secession
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Weapons, Technology, and Uniforms of the Civil War 
The rifled musket
Minie bullet
Civil War artillery and types of ammunition
Cavalry during the Civil War
Communication modes
Uniforms of the Civil War...it might not be what you think!
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Opening shots
Lincoln vs Davis
The North and South, in brief
Advantages of the North
Advantages of the South
The Shelling of Fort Sumter
The First Battle of Bull Run
 Week 5
Lesson 5
The Battle of Shiloh
Confederate withdrawal opens the door for the Union
Preparations
Actions at Shiloh Church, the Peach Orchard, Water Oaks Pond, and the Hornet’s Nest
A Union Victory, but at a high cost 
 Week 6
Lesson 6
The Battle of Antietam Creek (Sharpsburg)
The bloodiest day in American history
McClellan takes Command
The qualities of Lee
The Three phases of the battle
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Fredericksburg and the Emancipation Proclamation
Burnside takes over
Marye's Heights
Richard Rowland Kirkland
Richmond saved due to Union bungling
Lincoln frees the slaves, and the ramifications of this decision
 Week 8
Lesson 8
The Homefront during the Civil War
Economy in the North
Farming in the North
Cities in the North
Economy in the South
Slavery in the South
Plantation life
Farming in the South
Cities in the South
 Week 9
Lesson 9
The Battle of Chancellorsville
Hooker takes over
Pincer Plan
Confederates outnumbered
Zoan Church engagement
Fighting around Chancellorsville
Hooker withdraws
 Week 10
Lesson 10
The Battle of Gettysburg
Taking control of the Mississippi
Splitting the Confederacy in two
The tide turns (kind of) at Gettysburg
The 20th Maine at Little Round Top
Pickett's Charge (and Pettigrew's, and Trimble's)
What was Lee thinking?
 Week 11
Lesson 11
The Vicksburg Campaign
The Importance of Vicksburg
The Mississippi River
The Campaign
Grant’s tactics
The siege
Pemberton’s surrender
Vicksburg falls
 Week 12
Lesson 12
African Americans during the Civil War
Frederick Douglas
Bureau of Colored Troops
Service & casualties
Prejudice in the military
Segregated units
54th Regiment
Black service pay
The danger of being captured
 Week 13
Lesson 13
Naval Battles of the American Civil War
The Battles of Forts Henry and Donelson
Battle of Hampton Roads
The Capture of New Orleans
The Siege of Charleston Harbor
The Hunley and the Housatonic
CSS Alabama vs. USS Kearsarge
The Battle of Mobile Bay
 Week 14
Lesson 14
The End of the War
Final battles
The Confederate surrender at Appomattox
The death of a president
Reconstruction
Long term effects of the Civil War
 Week 15
Lesson 15
Civil War Obscure
Picnics at Bull Run?
Mourning
Glow in the dark wounds?
Arlington's history
Harriet Tubman's raid
Elephants in the Union Army?
The largest snowball fight in history