A Nation in Peril: Causes of the American Civil War Lesson Plans
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This is everything you need to teach the causes of the American Civil War. This NO PREP UNIT is perfect for the new teacher getting started, the experienced teacher wishing to add resources, and the homeschool student looking for all the tools needed to learn about the causes of the war. This resourPrice $20.00Original Price $24.00Save $4.00
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This is a comprehensive unit and everything you need to teach the Causes of the American Civil War beginning in 1820 up to the outbreak of war. This no-prep unit is perfect for the new teacher getting started, the experienced teacher wishing to add resources, and the homeschool student looking for all the tools needed to learn about the causes of the war. This resource is detailed and can be adapted for either a regular US History or AP US History class.
The content stretches includes:
❋ Sectional differences (North vs South)
❋ Missouri Compromise of 1820
❋ Compromise of 1850
❋ Gold Rush
❋ Kansas-Nebraska Act
❋ Bloody Kansas
❋ Tallmadge Amendment
❋ Wilmot Proviso
❋ Ostend Manifesto
❋ Dred Scott vs. Sanford
❋ Lecompton Constitution
❋ popular sovereignty
❋ Gadsden Purchase
❋ New Political Parties
❋ Election of 1856
❋ Election of 1860
❋ Lincoln-Douglas Debates
❋ Manifest Destiny
❋ Abolitionists (Tappan Brothers, Grimke Sisters, David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, John Brown, William Lloyd Garrison, and many more)
❋ impact of Mexican Cession
❋ Key Individuals (Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Charles Sumner, Preston Brooks, Stephen A. Douglas, Zachary Taylor, and many more!)
❋ and MORE!
The resource includes:
❋ 111-slide PowerPoint presentation (full of information and primary sources)
❋ detailed lecture notes that accompany the PowerPoint (slide by slide)
❋ Outline maps, with masters
❋ Graphic Organizers with keys
❋ Terms to Identify
❋ List of short video clips that reinforce major concepts
Georgia Standards:
✔ SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward expansion.
✔ SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War.
A Nation in Peril: Causes of the American Civil War Crossword Puzzle
A Nation in Peril: Causes of the American Civil War Unit Test
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