The Road to Civil War Game Board

Abolition vs. Slavery Slavery Legislation Technology & Innovation Manifest Destiny & Westward Expansion

Level 1

Complete (RS) the Virtual

Underground Railroad Activity

Read (RS) A Dreadful

Decision & glue it in as a flipup

Complete (RS) the Cotton Gin

Web Activity and glue it on the right side of your ISN

Complete (RS) the Manifest

Destiny Web Activity and glue it on the right side of your ISN

Glue the handout as a flip-up onto

the right side of your ISN

Create a T-chart and

complete it with the two side of the court case 1.) Dred Scots position 2.) John Sanfords position At the bottom of the page explain who won and what the decision meant.

Draw 2 pictures (LS)

1.) That represents a slaves life BEFORE the cotton gin 2.) That represents a slaves life AFTER the cotton gin

Level 2

Read and answer (RS) questions

for the Two Viewpoints on Slavery reading

Read & Summarize (RS)

each of the pieces of slavery legislation.

Read & Answer (RS) the

questions for each of the 4 technologies.

Read & Answer (RS) the

questions for The Start of the Mexican War

Draw 2 pictures (LS)

1.) That represents popular sovereignty 2.) That represents the Dred Scot decision

Cut Out & Create (LS) a

timeline out of the 5 pieces of legislation

Create (LS) a 4x4 grid with 4

pictures, one that represents each new technology you have learned about in this activity

Draw (LS) a cartoon that

illustrates the process of starting the war with Mexico over Texas

Level 3

Read & highlight (RS) Over the

River and Underground & glue it in as a flip-up

Read the article on the

Missouri Compromise.

Read & Highlight (RS) the

article Workin on the Railroad. Glue the reading in as a flip-up.

Create a poster that explains

how the US got their land that currently makes up the United States

Create (LS) a diary of a runaway

slave on the Underground Railroad

Write 2 letters:
1.) (RS) A pro-slavery southerner 2.) (LS) As an anti-slavery northerner

Create a T-chart (LS) that

compares the use of steamboats with railroads.