Introduction
Ernest
Boyer (1995), author of The Basic School: A Community for Learning, tells us that
all parts of the natural world are blended together in a majestic, inspiring way,
just as a good curriculum should be. According to his research, nine out
of ten teachers agree. They support an . integrated approach. to teaching,
as opposed to a . separate subjects. method. Most teachers know that
when students study separate subjects they pick up isolated facts, failing to
gain a coherent view of knowledge and a more integrated authentic view of life.
Following Boyer. s assertions, this integrated teaching/learning package
on the Civil War does just that.
Student centered but teacher directed, .
Peace and Reunification. introduces the student to the emotional issues
and bitter conflicts taking place in American history during the years preceding
the Civil War. It leads them up to the secession of the eleven Southern
states and the devastating tragedies occurring during the war years. Finally,
the unit brings them to the war. s dramatic conclusion at Appomattox
Court House, Virginia on April 9 -12, 1865 and gives them a glimpse of the next
twelve years of turbulence thereafter known as Reconstruction.
Designed for fourth and fifth graders, . Peace
and Reunification. blends all parts of the curriculum together into twenty-five
lessons covering some aspect of the Virginia Standards of Learning. Following
a traditional format, each lesson covers such broad topics as listening/speaking,
reading, mathematics, social studies, art/music, science, writing,
special activities, and assessment. It breaks those topics down into
more manageable ideas such as: presenting oral reports, reading nonfiction and
historical fiction, budgeting, map studies, artists, influence of human
activity on the Earth. s ecosystem, researching key battles, completing oral
reports, planning a field trip to Appomattox Court House National Historical
Park, and accessing the Internet to visit Civil War sites. Each lesson
cites each Virginia Standard of Learning covered by that particular lesson.
The integrated/teaching learning package also includes an abridged summary
of the Civil War for nonfiction reading, primary source documents, pictures,
worksheets, and an extensive resource list of books, web sites, records,
cassettes, CDs, videos, addresses, and phone numbers. all dealing with
information on the Civil War.
Table of
Contents
| Introduction | Table of Contents | Graphics Organizer | Social Studies | Writing | Reading, Science, and Math | Activities | Objectives and Lesson 1 |
| Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Lesson 4 | Lesson 5 | Lesson 6 | Lesson 7 | Lesson 8 | Lesson 9 | Lesson 10 | Lesson 11 |
| Lesson 12 | Lesson 13 | Lesson 14 | Lesson 15 | Lesson 16 | Lesson 17 | Lesson 18 | Lesson 19 | Lesson 20 | Lesson 21 |
| Lesson 22 | Lesson 23 | Lesson 24 | Lesson 25 |
Introduction
Table of Contents
Graphic Organizer for Integrated
Teaching/Learning Package
Activities for Integrated
Teaching/Learning Package
Instructional Objectives for Integrated
Teaching/Learning Package
Lesson 1 . What Do I Know About the
Civil War?
Know,
Wonder, How, Learn
Lesson 2 . Reading Historical Fiction
Other
Historical Fiction Books With Civil War Themes
Lesson 3 . Reading Historical
Nonfiction
From
Fort Sumter, South Carolina to Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Other
Nonfiction Books With Civil War Themes
Lesson 4 . Time Line of Key Civil War
Events
Lesson 5 . Key Events Leading Up to the
Secession of the Eleven Southern States
Lesson 6 - Key Events Taking Place During the Civil War
Lesson 7 . Key Events Taking Place
After the Civil War
Lesson 8 . Key Civil War Figures
Lesson 9 . Major Leaders of the Civil
War
Lesson 10 . Some Major Battles of the
Civil War
Lesson 11 . The Effects of War and Destruction
on the Earth. s Fragile Ecosystem
The Effects
of War and Destruction on the Earth. s Fragile Ecosystem
Lesson 12 . Advances in Technology
Lesson 13 . Key Virginia Civil War
Battle Sites
Lesson 14 . Camp Life: Accessing the
Internet
Camp
Life: Accessing the Internet
Lesson 15 . Hardtack
Recipes
Lesson 16 . Substitutions!
Lesson 17 . Inflation!
Inflation!
Lesson 18 . Recording the Civil War
Through Art
Lesson 19 . Recording the Civil War
Through Music
Lesson 20 . Lee. s Retreat
Lesson 21 . Surrender
Lesson 22 . Planning a Field Trip to
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Itinerary for
Field Trip to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Budget
Worksheet for Field Trip
Lesson 23 . Map Study of Appomattox
Court House National Historical Park
Lesson 24 . A Field Trip to Appomattox
Court House National Historical Park
Scavenger
Hunt List for Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Lesson 25 . What Did I Learn About the
Civil War?
Final Questionnaire
on the Civil War and Lee. s Surrender
Resources
Appendix
Graphic Organizer for Integrated Teaching/Learning Package
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
(Fourth and Fifth Grades)
Activities for Integrated
Teaching/Learning Package
Appomattox Court House National
Historical Park
(Fourth and Fifth Grades)
Social
Studies
research, create, and illustrate a time
line of key Civil War events
December, 1860 . South Carolina secedes
from Union
Jan., Feb., 1861 . Georgia, Florida,
Mississippi, Texas, Alabama, Louisiana secede from Union
March, 1861 . Abraham Lincoln is
inaugurated 16th president of the United States (Union)
April 12, 1861 . Attack on Fort Sumter,
South Carolina . Civil War begins
April, May, 1861 . Virginia, Arkansas,
Tennessee, North Carolina secede from the Union
July, 1861 . First Battle of
Manassas/Bull Run
March, 1862 . Battle of . U.S.S. Monitor.
and . C.S.S. Virginia.
April, 1862 . Battle of Shiloh
August, 1862 . Second Battle of
Manassas/Bull Run
September, 1862 . Battle of
Antietam/Sharpsburg
December, 1862 . Battle of
Fredericksburg
January, 1863 . Emancipation
Proclamation
May, 1863 . Battle of Chancellorsville
May - July, 1863 . Battles for
Vicksburg
June, 1863 . West Virginia separates
from Virginia and becomes 35th state
July, 1863 . Battle of Gettysburg
November, 1863 . Battle of Chattanooga
May, 1864 . Battle of Spotsylvania
Court House
June, 1864 . Battle of Cold Harbor
June, 1864 - April, 1865 . Siege of
Petersburg
July, 1864 . Battle of Atlanta
November, December, 1864 . Sherman. s .
March to the Sea.
November, 1864 . Lincoln is re-elected
president of the United States
April 2 - 9, 1865 . Lee. s retreat
April 3, 1865 . The fall of Richmond
April 9, 1865 . Lee surrenders at
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
April 12, 1865 . Formal surrender takes
place at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
April 14, 1865 . Assassination of
President Abraham Lincoln
1865 - 1877 . Reconstruction of the
South
complete map studies of the state of
Virginia
plot routes to
Appomattox Court House, Virginia from school
locate key towns along Lee. s retreat
route
Petersburg Rice. s Depot
Sutherland
Station Farmville
Amelia
Court House Cumberland
Church
Jetersville Appomattox
Court House
Deatonville
Note:
Sutherland Station
became Sutherland, Deatonville is shown on some maps; not on others. Rice.
s Depot became Rice. Cumberland Church does not appear on modern maps.
locate key Virginia Civil War Sites
Manassas Cold Harbor
Shenandoah
Valley Fredericksburg
Petersburg Chancellorsville
Richmond Spotsylvania
Court House
Appomattox
Court House
Note:
Some
of these towns have been preserved as Civil War battlefields. Cold Harbor was
located slightly southeast of Mechanicsville, Virginia on Rt. 156.
complete map study of Appomattox Court
House National Historical Park
identify key
map symbols
identify key
sites in the park
identify geometric
shapes associated with the park. s layout
make Civil War recipes
hard tack
salt pork and
hard bread
substitute
items used during the blockade of Southern ports
view
primary source Civil War documents economics
a . Paroled Prisoner. pass substitutions
General Lee. s acceptance letter inflation
General Grant. s terms of surrender
letter
a copy of Lee. s Farewell Address
a copy of Lee. s Amnesty Oath
battlefield pictures
Writing
research major leaders
President
Abraham Lincoln General Thomas
J. . Stonewall. Jackson
General
George B. McClellan General
Robert E. Lee
General
Ulysses S. Grant General
James Longstreet
General
William T. Sherman General
J.E.B. Stuart
General
Philip Sheridan General
Jubal Early
President
Jefferson Davis General
Irvin McDowell
General
Joseph Hooker General
Joseph E. Johnston
research key battles
Fort
Sumter, South Carolina Battle
of Gettysburg
First
Battle of Manassas/Bull Run Battle
of Chattanooga
Battle
of Shiloh Battle
of Spotsylvania Court House
Second
Battle of Manassas/Bull Run Battle
of Cold Harbor
Battle
of Antietam/Sharpsburg Siege
of Petersburg
Battle
of Fredericksburg Battle of
Atlanta
Battle
of Chancellorsville Battles
for Vicksburg
research key events leading up to the
secession of the eleven Southern states
Fugitive
Slave Laws Kansas-Nebraska
Act
Compromise
of 1820 John Brown. s
Raid on Harper. s Ferry
Compromise
of 1850 Dred
Scott Decision
Nat Turner.
s Rebellion publication
of Uncle Tom. s Cabin by
Underground
Railroad Harriet Beecher Stowe
election
of Abraham Lincoln secession
of the Southern states
secession
of Virginia
research key events occurring during
the war
Abraham Lincoln.
s re-election fall
of Richmond
Lee. s
retreat Lee. s surrender
Sherman. s .
March to the Sea. Gettysburg
Address
Emancipation
Proclamation Battle
of the U.S.S. Monitor &
West
Virginia becomes a state, 1863 the C.S.S. Virginia
research key events occurring after the
war
assassination
of President Lincoln Reconstruction
Jim
Crow Laws Freedmen. s
Bureau
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