Transcript THE ERA OF THE CIVIL WAR AP UNITED STATES HISTORY …

THE ERA O F THE CIVIL
WAR
AP UNITED STATES HISTORY
REVIEW FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM
Dr. Marion Truslow
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
Rabun Gap, GA
TO BE TAUGHT IN EARLY DECEMBER
2010 to a class of twenty grade 11 and
12 students on a rolling block schedule
over two class periods, one of 55
minutes, and the other of 70 minutes
meeting on consecutive days.
Essential Question:
How did Cartoonists of the era of the
Civil War depict the views of
Lincoln and Davis regarding the
core concepts and themes of the
War—causes, course of war,
consequences?
Learning Expectations and
Outcomes:
• Students will be able to:
– understand the cartoonists’ point of view regarding the
depicted notions (political, social, and economic) Lincoln and
Davis held
– decipher each cartoon according to the template provided by
primarily history from the National Archives
– relate each of the cartoons to a theme or a standard from the
Acorn Book
– prepare for the midterm exam on the Civil War era.
Lesson Activities and
Procedures:
• Divide students into four mixed ability small groups
• Each group deciphers each cartoon according to the template
provided by Primarily History from the National Archives
• The small group answers to each cartoon are juxtaposed with
the themes and topics found in the Acorn book.
• One point for each correct answer linked to the theme and the
standard in terms of how and why it is correct.
• Winning group gets a Dairy Queen Blizzard and a no homework
night next semester.
Summary/Closure Activity:
• Each group presents with the projector
the cartoons in question on Davis and
Lincoln and relate to the essential
question.
Application to Current
Events:
• National racism of Arizona law to restrict
migration, the election of the Nation’s
first African American President, etc.