The Civil War
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Science Social Studies | |
| Author | Jane Meador
Linda Meadows Betty Jo Williams Summers County High School | |
| Description | This unit will enable students to discover
the many and various people who worked behind the scenes and were heroic along with the more known and widely visible heroes that are more commonly known throughout the history of the Civil War. | |
| Grade Level | 9 10 11 12 | |
| National Standards | United States History (Social Studies)
Understands the causes of the Civil War Understands the course and character of the Civil War and its effects on the American people Understands how various reconstruction plans succeeded or failed Language Arts, Library Skills Uses a variety of strategies to plan research (e.g., identifies possible topic by brainstorming, listing questions, using idea webs; organizes prior knowledge about a topic; develops a course of action; determines how to locate necessary information) Uses encyclopedias to gather information for research topics Uses electronic media to gather information (e.g., databases, Internet, CD-ROM, television shows, cassette recordings, videos, pull-down menus, word searches) Technology Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems. Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers and measurement Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation | |
| Keywords | Heroes
Civil War Underground Railroad Journals of the Civil War History | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | An Introduction: The Civil War
Lesson 1: The Civil War (grades 9-12) Lesson 2: Civil War Heroes Lesson 3: West Virginians in the Civil War Lesson 4: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War/Underground Railroad Quilts Lesson 5: Journals of the Civil War | |
| English IGO or CSO | 12.77, 12.74, 11.86, 11.49, 10.87 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 9.30, 9.42, 10.60 | |