While the firing on Ft. Sumter may have seemed like a sudden event, the long march to war spanned decades. Using games and a presentation, class members review the events that led up to the fateful April day in 1861 when brother turned against brother. A separate primary source image activity helps individuals consider the effects of technology in the conflict.

Concepts

causes of the civil war, the united states civil war, battles of the civil war, military history, slavery, primary source images, primary source analysis, primary sources

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Play the Bingo game included in the resource to review the causes of the Civil War
• Fill in the blanks on the timeline review of the Civil War

Classroom Considerations

• Activities may take longer than the projected 50-minute period

Pros

• Answer keys and notes make activities easy to use
• Aspects of the resource can be incorporated separately into instruction

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.9 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.9 RH.11-12.10