Thursday, September 20, 2012

The civil war




Objectives

As a result of completing this unit, students will be able to...
  • discuss some of the social, political, and personal issues that Americans confronted during the Civil War era.
  • use the Internet to locate resources related to the Civil War and incorporate information from these resources into their own writing.
  • discuss the central issues of the Civil War from a variety of different perspectives.
  • share their personal reactions to what they have learned in both small-group and whole-class discussions.
  • Know the difference through time periods on what happened in the civil war
Grade Level : 7 - 8th grade


What is the difference between the two sides?



  • He was born on February 12th 1809, and died April 15th 1865 at the age of fifty six

  • His party was Republican and he was president for four years from 1861-1865, when he was assassinated.
  • He created a national banking system with the National Banking Act in 1863, resulting in a standardized currency.
  • He was the tallest U.S president at 6'4".
  • Abraham Lincoln is the 16th president






 
 
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