Civil War and Reconstruction Era Unit VALUE Bundle for 7th-9th Grade!

The Civil War and Reconstruction Era Unit VALUE Bundle for 7th to 9th Grade is PERFECT for those teaching U.S. history to 7th to 9th grade students. These two incredible units cover the most important events of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era from the outbreak of the Civil War and the major battles of war plus the Emancipation Proclamation and the causes and effects of many Reconstruction Era policies.

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ALL of the amazing social studies resources included with this lesson have been SUCCESSFULLY used by THOUSANDS of students and can be easily used with ANY textbook!

You'll receive ALL of the following incredible resource:

• 24 Highly-Curated and immersive presentations featuring built-in discussion-based questions (DBQ) in both PowerPoint (PPT) and digital formats (via Google Apps)
• 50+ student exercise assignments in -both- PDF printable and Google Apps formats, and ALL come complete with a teacher answer key!
• Guided Notes Handout for students to record their learnings as the class walks through each presentation, helping promote subject retention
• 30+ links to supplemental and optional videos on YouTube!
• 2 Jeopardy Unit Review Games
• Unit Review Activities such as fun and interactive games like Jeopardy!
• Unit Assessment for each unit, including teacher answer key and recommended grading scale and rubric!

Receive EVERYTHING you need to cover these important and historically significant topics with your students:

Abraham Lincoln

• How Abraham Lincoln's childhood and early adulthood molded his values and motivations to enter into politics
• The tragic circumstances surrounding President Lincoln's assassination and his historic funeral procession which followed

The Confederacy

• The meaning of secession/secede
• Which states seceded and joined the Confederacy
• Loyalty to Country, or State?
• The Confederate capital and Confederate president

Major Battles of the Civil War

• Fort Sumter
• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg (including the Gettysburg Address)
• Battle of Vicksburg, and more!

Regiments of the Civil War

• The meaning of regiment
• The 3 regiments during the Civil War: Artillery, Cavalry, & Infantry
• The roles and significance of each of the 3 regiments in the Civil War

Civil War Draft

• What a draft is and how and why governments use them
• Impact of laws that allowed men to avoid the draft
• Which wars the U.S. has used a draft during

Civil War Transportation

• Overview of the 4 main forms of transportation during the Civil War
• How each played a major role in the Civil War
• Advantages and disadvantages for each of the 4 forms of transportation

Union Blockade

• How it played an integral role in the Union strategy for winning the Civil War
• "Scott's Great Snake"

The Role of Several Significant Confederate & Union Generals in the Civil War

• Ulysses S. Grant
• George McClellan
• Robert E. Lee
• William Tecumseh Sherman, and more!

Emancipation Proclamation

• Causes and effects of the Emancipation Proclamation
• How white Union soldiers viewed the Emancipation Proclamation

Election of 1864

• How the Union capture of Atlanta and "Sherman's March" played a major role in the outcome of the election
• Campaign platforms of President Lincoln vs. General McClellan
• Examination of the election's results

13th Amendment

• Significance of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution
• How the 13th Amendment differed from the Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln Assassination

• Motivations of Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth
• Lincoln's funeral procession
• Plot to wipe out the Union government

Civil War Stats, Facts, & Maps

• Numerous maps to better convey to students the importance of geography and terrain during the Civil War, as well as, where battles took place
• Statistics and demographics to contextualize who actually fought in the Civil War and to the scale with which the Civil War truly was

Americans Perspectives on Reconstruction

• How Americans opinion of how to rebuild and reintegrate the South differed by region and background
• Students will explore these varying perspectives in order to gain a better understanding of what America was like at that time and lay a foundation for what they'll learn about as they progress through the rest of the Reconstruction unit

Black Codes

• What Black Codes were, how they were enacted and enforced, and the effects of Black Codes
• Examples of Black Codes such as vagrancy laws, convict lease laws, and property and wage laws

Radical Republicans

• The meaning of a Radical Republican
• Radical Republicans role during Reconstruction
• Prominent Radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens

Reconstruction Terms

• Freed People, Carpetbaggers, Segregation, Anti-Enticement, Civil Rights, Impeachment, Martial Law, and many more!

Reconstruction Amendments

• The causes and effects of the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th & 15th Amendments)
• Breakdown of the five sections of the 14th Amendment

Role of the Freedmen's Bureau

• Why the federal government established the Freedmen's Bureau
• The goals of the Freedmen's Bureau
• The impact of the Freedmen's Bureau

Rise and Fall of Andrew Johnson

• How he became President Lincoln's vice-presidential running mate in the election of 1864
• Andrew Johnson's political background
• How Johnson and Lincoln had vastly different political beliefs
• Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Main purpose and goals of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
• Why President Johnson opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1866
• How the Civil Rights Act of 1866 led to the creation of the 14th Amendment

Military Reconstruction Act

• Why the Military Reconstruction Act was passed by Congress and why President Johnson opposed it
• How and why ten former Confederate states were placed into five military districts

President Ulysses S. Grant

• How he rose to become the Republican nominee for president in 1868
• The unique and diverse challenges he faced and addressed as President

Secret Groups

• What were secret groups
• Why secret groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, promoted discrimination and acts of violence, especially against African-Americans

Disenfranchisement Laws

• How the 15th Amendment led to such disenfranchisement laws like the poll tax and education requirements to vote

End of Reconstruction

• Why support for Reconstruction in the North became less popular as time went on

Effects of Reconstruction

• How Reconstruction had a profound and lasting impact on the nation even after it ended, especially in the South
• Exodusters & Sharecroppers
• Rise of Jim Crow Laws in the South

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