In this activity, students will learn about the Civil War. They will visit Gettysburg and read the Gettysburg Address, and see the cemetery there. They will see the border between Union and Confederacy, and learn about the economy and industry of the North and South. Students will learn about the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest battle in the history of the United States, and learn about the generals of the Union and Confederate armies during that battle.
Pedagogy:
There is a variety of activities to keep the students interested, and to help them learn information from the Utah Core Curriculum. Standard 4: Students will understand that the 19th century was a time of incredible change for the United States, including geographic expansion, constitutional crisis, and economic growth. Objective 2: Assess the geographic, cultural, political, and economic divisions between regions that contributed to the Civil War. b. Compare how cultural and economic differences of the North and South led to tensions. Objective 3: Evaluate the course of events of the Civil War and its impact both immediate and long-term. a. Identify the key ideas, events, and leaders of the Civil War using primary sources (e.g. Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, news accounts, photographic records, diaries).
Technology:
Google Earth was used to take the students to sites of the Civil War that they could not go to otherwise. There are pictures and documents overlaid.
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