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:
How did the south justify it's use of Slaves?
A: It was an economic necessity.
Today in Class:
We reviewed the differences between North and South graphic organizer we started yesterday. Students viewed a powerpoint on the differences. We also started a graphic organizer on the Southern Social Ladder. Students will be quizzed over the Differences between North and South on Thursday February 19th.
Full Power Point Ch. 7:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH7.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 Southern Social Ladder graphic organizer. Study it for Thursday's quiz. Work on your Unit 5 part II vocabulary it is due next Friday and you will be quizzed over it.
Long term Assignments:
Unit 5 Part II vocabulary and quiz Friday, February 20th. Differences between North and South quiz Thursday February 19.
Today in Georgia History:
February 18, 1861 In Montgomery, Ala., Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens were inaugurated as provisional president and vice president of the Confederate States of America.
Link-O the Day:
http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h42-cw.html
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-609
My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org
