Civil War Unit: Common Core, Games, Primary Sources, Test, Activities!

Created by Don Jenkins.  This could be a self-contained unit or used to supplement your current Civil War unit. I have listed what is included and the approximate time for each activity.

There are unit starters, bell ringers, Power Points, a common core argumentative writing assignment, primary source and secondary source readings and questions, games, projects, and tests.

38 Visual Bell Ringers in a Power Point – 5 minutes in the beginning of each class

Causes of Civil War Power Point: 20 slides – 30 minutes

Word Splash – 10 minutes

15 Question Anticipation Guide with Key – 20 minutes

21 Vocabulary Words, Story Assignment, Matching Quiz and Key – 2 days

Civil War Timeline Assignment – 30 minutes

Mississippi Secession Primary Source and Questions – 30 minutes

Did the South have the right to secede?: Common Core argumentative writing assignment – 40 minutes

Union or States' Rights Short Activity – 10 minutes

Civil War era clothing lesson and Power Point – 50 minutes

New York City Draft Riot Poster Activity and Presentation – 40 minutes

Gettysburg Address Questions – 40 minutes

Glory Movie Questions, Primary Source, and Questions – 2 days

Grant primary source and questions related to Lee's surrender – 30 minutes

Lincoln Assassination article and 5 questions – 20 minutes

Civil War song lyrics – 15 minutes

Civil War: Story of Us DVD questions – 55 minutes

Ken Burns Civil War DVD questions: Episodes 1-9: 9 Hours

Black Slaveowners article and 9 questions – 30 minutes

Battle of the Battlefields Project – 1-2 weeks

Civil War Vocabulary Power Point review game – 50 minutes

Fun Civil War review game – 45 minutes

Civil War Test: 25 multiple choice and 4 documents based questions – 50 minutes

Extras: Other project ideas and handouts: Civil War Newspaper Project – 4 days Civil War Research Project – 3 days Civil War Travel Project – 4 days