Course 1: Intro to Citizenship



Citizenship A Curriculum

Unit 5: American History: Civil War

Lesson 1: Slavery and the Civil War

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|be able to identify the Louisiana Territory as the |Colored Pencils |

|territory bought from France in 1803 |Citizenship: Passing the Test, p. 43, 71-74 |

|be able to identify slaves as people who were brought from |World map (from ) |

|Africa to work in the U.S. |Worksheet- Slaves |

|be able to name slavery as one cause of the Civil War |Unit 5 Civics Questions PowerPoint |

|be able to identify the Civil War as the U.S war between | |

|the North and the South. | |

|“100 Civics Questions” covered in this lesson |

|75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? |

|76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? |

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|Read about the Louisiana Purchase p. 71 in Citizenship: Passing the Test |

|Have students identify different states in the regions purchased from other countries |

|Have students write the purchases in chronological order |

|Review p. 43 about slavery in Citizenship: Passing the Test |

|Give students a world map and they identify where American Indians lived and draw lines showing where colonists and slaves came |

|from |

|Read p. 72-74 in Citizenship: Passing the Test |

|Worksheet- Unit 5 Slaves- fill in past tense verbs and give example sentences from the text and then answer the citizenship |

|questions |

|Class discussion about North vs. South viewpoints on slavery: Why did the south want to keep slavery? Why did the North want to |

|end slavery? |

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Citizenship A Curriculum

Unit 5: American History: Civil War

Lesson 2: Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation Proclamation

|Lesson Objectives: |Suggested Materials |

|Students will... | |

| |Worksheet- Civil War Sentences |

|be able to identify Abraham Lincoln as the president during |Worksheet- Slaves T-Chart- Intro |

|the Civil War |Citizenship: Passing the Test, p. 75-78 |

|be able to put words in the correct order to make sentences |Unit 5 Civics Questions PowerPoint |

|about the Civil War | |

|be able to describe that Abraham Lincoln and the | |

|Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves | |

|“100 Civics Questions” covered in this lesson |

|75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? |

|76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? |

|Suggested Tasks & Activities |

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|Read p. 75- 78 in Citizenship: Passing the Test, students describe the pictures on the pages |

|Worksheet- Unit 5 Civil War Sentences: cut-up words from worksheet and have students organize them with partners in the correct |

|order |

|Have students write out the sentences in the correct order in their notebook |

|Worksheet- Unit 5 Slaves T-Chart Intro: make a t-chart comparing life for slaves before and after the Emancipation Proclamation |

|Have students write sentences from the t-chart. During slavery, slaves were not free. After slavery, slaves were free. |

|Unit 5 Civics Questions PowerPoint |

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Citizenship A Curriculum

Unit 5: American History: Civil War

Lesson 3: Susan B. Anthony and Civil War Review

|Lesson Objectives: |Suggested Materials |

|Students will... | |

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|be able to identify working for women’s |Citizenship: Passing the Test, p. 79-82 |

|rights as a contribution Susan B. Anthony | |

|made |Unit 5 Civics Questions PowerPoint |

|be able to talk about women’s right to vote| |

|review material from the unit about the | |

|Civil War | |

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|“100 Civics Questions” covered in this lesson |

|New: 77. What did Susan B. Anthony do? |

|Review: |

|60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? |

|71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? |

|72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. |

|73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. |

|74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War. |

|75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? |

|76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? |

|Suggested Tasks & Activities |

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|Do a mind map of 3 important documents discussed so far: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Emancipation Proclamation: |

|dates, people involved, what it did, etc. |

|Read about Susan B. Anthony, p. 79 in Citizenship: Passing the Test |

|Explain that only men could vote in the United States until 1919 |

|Talk and list different rights all people have in the United States |

|Show pictures of Suffrage Movement: |

|Unit 5 Civics Questions PowerPoint |

|Complete review activities p. 80-82 in Citizenship: Passing the Test |

|Make a word association list using examples on p. 82 in Citizenship: Passing the Test |

|France: Louisiana |

|Civil War: slavery |

|Abraham Lincoln: freed the slaves |

|Flyswatter game with word associations |

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Citizenship A Curriculum

Unit 5: American History: Civil War

Lesson 4: American History Review

|Lesson Objectives: |Suggested Materials |

|Students will... | |

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|be able to make word associations to memorize historical |Citizenship: Passing the Test, p. 47-48, 65-6, 81-82 |

|information | |

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|Students ask each other the citizenship questions on pages 47, 65, and 81 in Citizenship: Passing the Test |

|Students write down questions and answers in their notebook for the citizenship questions they don’t have memorized yet |

|Make a word association list using examples on pgs. 48, 66, and 82 |

|stripes: 13 colonies |

|Independence Day: July 4th |

|Father: Washington |

|Civil War: slavery |

|Abraham Lincoln: freed the slaves |

|-- Flyswatter game with word associations |

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