Standard(s):
[SS2010] GHS (3) 11 : 11 ) Interpret various primary sources for reconstructing the past, including documents, letters, diaries, maps, and photographs.
• Comparing maps of the past to maps of the present
[SS2010] USS5 (5) 11 : 11 ) Identify causes of the Civil War, including states' rights and the issue of slavery.
• Describing the importance of the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner's insurrection, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's rebellion, and the election of 1860
• Recognizing key Northern and Southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler (Alabama)
• Describing social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War
• Identifying Alabama's role in the Civil War (Alabama)
Examples: Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession (Alabama)
• Locating on a map sites important to the Civil War
Examples: Mason-Dixon Line, Fort Sumter, Appomattox, Gettysburg, Confederate states, Union states (Alabama)
• Explaining events that led to the conclusion of the Civil War
[ELA2021] (3) 23 : 23. Identify and use text features in informational passages to locate information.
Examples: headings, photographs, illustrations, labels, charts, graphs, legends
a. Explain how text features support details in the text.
b. Explain how illustrations contribute to meaning in a story.
c. Interpret text features used in written and digital formats.
[ELA2021] (5) 18 : 18. Explain the relationships among events, people, or concepts in informational texts, supported by textual evidence.
