Social Studies 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
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Identify and explain the causes of the Civil War, including issues of states' rights, conflicts regarding slavery, important events, regional differences, and social, economic, and political conditions.
Describe Alabama's role in the Civil War. Teacher Vocabulary:
Civil War
Missouri Compromise
insurrection
opposition
rebellion
personalities
political conditions
confederacy
secession Knowledge:
Students know:
Causes of the Civil War, including issues of states' rights and slavery.
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.
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.
Social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War.
Alabama's role in the Civil War (Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession). Skills:
Students are able to:
Locate key places and events on a physical and political map.
Identify and analyze the causes of political conflict
Identify key people and explain their role throughout the Civil War.
Describe and draw conclusions about the war affected the citizens of the United States.
Interpret and define the role of Alabama in the Civil War. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There were many factors that led to the Civil War.
Key people and ordinary citizens contributed to and were impacted by the Civil War.
Alabama responded to, participated in, and was impacted by the Civil War. Alabama Archives Resources:
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
English Language Arts 34. Write personal or fictional narratives incorporating literary elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict), dialogue, strong voice, and clear event sequences.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
34.
Personal narratives
Fictional narratives
Literary elements
Characters
Plot
Setting
Conflict
Dialogue
Voice
Event sequences Knowledge:
34. Students know:
A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
A personal narrative tells about an event that was personally experienced by the author, while a fictional narrative tells a made-up story.
A narrative story describes a sequence of plot events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end).
Narrative writing includes text elements, like characters, setting, and conflict.
Dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters in a text. Skills:
34. Students are able to:
Write a personal narrative that recalls a personal experience or a fictional narrative with a made-up story.
Write a narrative with a logical sequence of plot events.
Incorporate literary elements into their narrative writing, like characters, setting, and conflict.
Include dialogue in narrative writing.
Use a strong voice in writing by developing a personal writing style. Understanding:
34. Students understand that:
Narrative writing includes predictable elements, like a logical sequence of events and characters, setting, and conflict.
Incorporating dialogue between the characters can add details to their narrative writing.
Narrative writing can be used to tell about something that happened to them personally or it can tell a story they made up.
