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Illinois Involvement in the Civil War

Class/Subject:
7th grade Social Studies US History

Date:
5/1/12

Student Objectives/Student Outcomes:

1. Students will gain a historical knowledge of Illinoiss involvement and contributions during the Civil War 2. Students will learn what made Illinois significant to the progress of the Civil War 3. Students will analyze primary documents and explain their significance to Illinois and its impact on the Civil War 4. Students will examine famous figures from Illinois during the Civil War including: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Richard Yates 5. Students will examine the influence of ideas that contributed to the ideological makeup of the Civil War environment in Illinois 6. Students will continue to develop their writing skills through an assigned writing prompt

Content Standards:
NCHS History Standards United States History Era 5 Standard 1A 1) The student understands how the North and South differed and how politics and ideologies led to the Civil War. Analyze the importance of the "free labor" ideology in the North and its appeal in preventing the further extension of slavery in the new territories Standard 2A 2) The student understands how the resources of the Union and Confederacy affected the course of the war. Standard 2B 3) The student understands the social experience of the war on the battlefield and home front.

Materials/Resources/Technology:
Smart Board Powerpoint 4 Different Primary Source Handouts President Lincoln's House Divided speech http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2934t.html The April 1861 Proclamations by Lincoln and Governor Yates about the initial call for troops nationwide - http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/proclamation1.html Letter from Martha Clark, nurse in the 60th Illinois Infantry Regiment - http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/scrapbk/clarkletter.html Final report of the military expedition from Chicago to Cairo http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/orders2.html C-Notes for Note Taking Writing Utensils and paper

Teachers Goals:
1) To teach students, using a multimodal approach, about the historical significance of Illinoiss contributions to the Civil War 2) To help students learn to communicate their ideas to others through classroom discussions and writing 3) To help foster an open environment in which students can dialogue openly and learn from others in order to formulate an educated opinion 4) To help students evaluate a primary source and its impact on analyzing the historical significance of the Civil War and how primary sources can add depth and new views to a historical narrative Time

1-2 mins

Start of Class: Begin class by asking the students to name any famous people or events from Illinois during the Civil War. This is done to gauge students present knowledge about Illinoiss contributions to the Civil War or to hear of any misinformation they might have on the topic.

Introduction of Lesson: 2-3 mins Following the start of class, teachers will introduce the lesson on Illinois Involvement in the Civil war and explain what we hope to accomplish today. Brief introduction to Illinois in the Civil War Powerpoint on significant people, places, and events in Illinois during the Civil War Allow the students to analyze pictures and explain what the pictures represent Class will then split up in groups and each will analyze a primary document relating to Illinois and the Civil War and after a period of time, each group will present to the entire class about the significance of their document Finally, students will be asked to respond to a writing prompt in order to gauge what they learned in the lesson today
15 minutes Lesson: for the Teachers will begin the powerpoint on Illinois Involvement in the Civil War powerpoint

20 minutes for group work, document analysis, and group presentations 5 minutes for writing prompt

Teachers will ask for students to tell what they already know about Abraham Lincoln and other figures in order to gauge a classroom knowledge Through the use of the lesson on the powerpoint, teachers will be setting up a historical narrative of how Illinois contributed to the Civil War and why it was significant After the powerpoint, teachers will split the class up into four groups and give each group a primary document relating to Illinois and the Civil War One document will be sections from Lincoln's House Divided speech, another will be the April 1861 Proclamations by Lincoln and Governor Yates about the initial call for troops nationwide, another will be a letter from Martha Clark, nurse in the 60th Illinois Infantry Regiment, and the last one will be the final report of the military expedition from Chicago to Cairo Each of these documents is to represent a different interpretation of the historical narrative about the Civil War. It is the students responsibility to analyze the documents, give the class a brief synopsis of the documents, and explain why the documents are significant to understanding Illinoiss role in the Civil War After the students analyze the documents, they will give a brief group presentation to the class about their document. They will be asked to give a synopsis of the document and tell the class what the document says (or infer) about Illinoiss significance to the Civil War Next, teachers will introduce the writing prompt and ask the students to spend the next 5 minutes responding to the following, Why was Illinoiss involvement in the Civil War significant and what did you learn today about Illinois? After the 5 minutes, teachers will collect the responses and go through them out loud in order to start a class discussion on that topic The discussion will end the lesson for the day by summarizing what students have learned and discussing what each took from the lesson

5 mins

Assessments/Checks for Understanding: