Standards
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.
b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.
c Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.
Essential Question (s):
How did national political issues lead to the decision for Southern states to secede from the Union? (H6a)
How did key military, political and economic strategies influence the outcome of the Civil War? (H6b, E1, E2a)
How did political actions and social reactions change Southern culture after the Civil War? (H6c)
Warm up:
None?
A: None.
Today in Class:
Students took the 3rd 9 weeks post-test. After they took the test they started the studying the aftermath and reconstruction from the Civil War.
Full Power Point Ch. 8 :
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH8.pps
Our Textbook:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/ga_05/
Our text book in Audio Format:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/audio.aspx
Textbook password:
ga11hist
Homework:
Finish Unit 5 part iv (4) vocabulary and the aftermath of the Civil war hand out.
Long term Assignments:
3rd 9 weeks post-test Friday March 13.
Unit 5 Reconstruction Test March 20th.
Today in Georgia History:
March 13, 1865 Pres. Jefferson Davis signed legislation approved by the Confederate Congress authorizing the recruitment of black soldiers into the Confederate army.
Link-O the Day:
Reconstruction plans
My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org
