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Social Studies SS2010 (2010) Grade: 5 United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution	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 Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards AAS Standard: SS.AAS.5.11 Define civil war; recognize one or more key figures of the Civil War, including Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis; label a map of the United States with Southern and Northern states involved in the Civil War. SS.AAS.5.11a - Identifying Alabama's role in the Civil War. Example: Montgomery was the first Confederate capitol.
Social Studies SS2010 (2010) Grade: 10 United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution	14 ) Describe how the Civil War influenced the United States, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg and Sherman's March to the Sea. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.i., A.1.k.] • Identifying key Northern and Southern Civil War personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, and William Tecumseh Sherman Example: President Abraham Lincoln's philosophy of union, executive orders, and leadership • Analyzing the impact of the division of the nation during the Civil War regarding resources, population distribution, and transportation • Explaining reasons border states remained in the Union during the Civil War • Describing nonmilitary events and life during the Civil War, including the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, Northern draft riots, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address • Describing the role of women in American society during the Civil War, including efforts made by Elizabeth Blackwell and Clara Barton • Tracing Alabama's involvement in the Civil War (Alabama) Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards AAS Standard: SS.AAS.10.14- Define civil war; describe the Civil War as a conflict between Southern and Northern states; identify major events, battles, and people that influenced the United States during the Civil War; locate the Union States from the Confederate States on a map; describe Alabama's role in the Civil War.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 5	37. Write about research findings independently over short and/or extended periods of time.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 10	24. Utilize responsible and ethical research practices to write clear, coherent products with a command of language suitable for a particular target audience and purpose.

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