Civil War

The purpose of this lesson is for the students to realize that though Lincoln was faced with numerous
challenges throughout his presidency his goals remained steadfast and his convictions firm, as is clearly
evidenced by his speeches.

Using Mrs. Lincoln to give a sense of the Civil War era

Comparing and contrasting opinions that influenced Lincoln in making the Emancipation Procalmation

Students will research members of Lincolns cabinet to better understand the process of emancipating the slaves.

Close read of Gettysburg Address activity

Students will work collaboratively (or individually) to produce a presentation that addresses the demographics of the slave population and contributions by a freed slave from students home region

Students will learn about exodusters coming to Kansas during the reconstruction period.

Students will discover and turn in examples of bias in the news media.

To illustrate the two differing/opposite points of view on the expansion of slavery into the territory of Kansas and later the issue of slavery in the entire country.

In this activity the student will use two primary sources of a famous painting and a picture that depict what was going on in Kansas and Missouri during the border wars