US I ACCELERATED UNIT OUTLINE

THE CIVIL WAR

Time Frame: April 16^th – May 14^th

Lesson One: The Call to Arms

Reason for Civil War, “Sectional” Candidates in 1860, Fire Eaters, Abolitionists, John Brown, Southern Secession, Fort Sumter April 12^th, 1861, Preserve the Union, Border States, Southern Advantages, Northern Advantages, Identifying the South: (CSA, Gray Coats, Jefferson Davis, Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E Lee, Stars and Bars, Dixie) Identifying the North: (USA, Blue Coats, Abe Lincoln, Army of the Potomac, McClellan, US Grant, Star Spangled Banner) Grand War Strategy, Copperheads, King Cotton Diplomacy, Anaconda, Foreign Diplomacy and the War, Evolving Military Technology

1. Primary Source: On the Purpose of Civil War – 4/16

2. Biography: Robert E Lee – 4/17

3. Video: Selected Scenes - Ken Burns “Civil War”

4. Video: Selected Scenes – “Gods and Generals”

5. Video: Selected Scenes – PBS Lincoln Biography

6. Class Note Quiz: Background of War - 4/19

Lesson Two: 1861 - On to Richmond!

First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas Junction), July 21, 1861, Gen. McDowell, Gen. PGT Beauregard, Gen. JE Johnston, Gen. Thomas ‘Stonewall” Jackson, Gen. McClellan, Lincoln’s Character and Family, Trent Affair, Confederate Diplomats and England, CSS Alabama, Pirate Activity, Laird Ram Ship Company, CSS Florida, CSS Shannadoah, H.L. Hunley, Sit Rep 1861

1. Civil War Map - 4/20

2. Handout: From Bull Run to Antietam – 4/23

3. Chapter 11. 1 – Read, Notes, Section Questions – 4/24

4. Video: Selected – Ken Burns ‘Civil War”

5. Video: Selected Scenes – “The Hunley”

6. Quiz: Textbook Chapter 11.1 – 4/24

Lesson Three: 1862- A Thousand Mile Front

War in the West, US Grant, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson, Battle of Shiloh, David Farragut Captures New Orleans, Union Control of the Mississippi River, ‘The Ironclads”- Monitor and Merrimac, Peninsular Campaign Commences, Seven Days Battle, Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jeb Stuart, Gen. John Pope, 2^nd Bull Run Same Outcome, Antietam Creek, Lee Cross Potomac, Goals of CSA, AP Hill, Gen. McClellan Back Again, Burnside Bridge, Emancipation Proclamation, McClellan Fired and Ambrose Burnside in Command, Battle of Fredricksburg, Move to Richmond, Northern Lights, CSA Victory, Burnside Fired and Gen. Joe Hooker in Command, Sit Rep 1862

1. Political Cartoon: Emancipation Proclamation – 4/27

2. Video: Selected Scenes – Ken Burns “Civil War”

3. Video: Selected Scenes – “Gods and Generals”

4. MID UNIT QUIZ - 4/30

Lesson Four: 1863 – His Terrible Swift Sword

Battle of Chancellorsville, Stonewall Jackson Killed, Lee and CSA Brilliant Victory, Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, Jeb Stuart and Calvary, Gen. George Meade, John Buford and Calvary, Reynolds 1^st Corp, Union Fish Hook Defense, Gen. Lee and Gen. Longstreet ‘s Plan, July 2, Ewell’s attack on Culp’s Hill, Longstreet in Devil’s Den, 20^th Maine at Little Round Top, Josh Chamberlain, Gen Sickle, July 3, CSA Col. Alexander and Artillery, Gen. Pickett’s Charge, High Water Mark for Confederacy, Lee’s Retreat, Military Turning Point, Gettysburg Address, Siege of Vicksburg, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, US Grants Attacks, CSA and Gen. John Pemberton Defense, July 4^th 1863 Vicksburg Falls, Battle of Chattanooga, Sit Rep 1863

1. Handout: The Tide of War Turns -5/2

2. Video: Selected Scenes – “Gettysburg”

3. Primary Source: Gettysburg Address – 5/3

4. Class Notes Quiz: 1863 – 5/7

Lesson Five: Never Call Retreat

54^th and Fort Wagner, Grant Assumes Command, Attack on Five Fronts, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor, Siege at Petersburg, The Fall of Richmond, Andersonville, Sherman’s March to the Sea, Atlanta Falls, Politics and Presidential Election of 1864, Lincoln vs. George McClellan, Andrew Johnson VP, Wade Davis Bill, Sit Rep 1864

1. Video: Selected Scenes – “Glory”

2. Video: Selected Scenes – Ken Burns “Civil War”

Lesson Five: A Stillness at Appomattax

Sherman’s Drive through the Carolina’s, Hampton Roads Conference, Lincoln Takes 2^nd Oath, April 9^th 1865 Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Guerrilla Fighting, Lincoln Assassination Plot, John Wilkes Booth and his Conspirators, Ford Theater, the Death of a President.

1. Chapter 11.4: Read, Notes, and Questions – 5/10

2. Handout: Devastation and New Freedom 5/8

3. Quiz: Textbook 11.4 – 5/10

UNIT TEST: CIVIL WAR 5/ 14