Activity 1: Louisiana Civil War Timeline of Causes and Effects (GLEs: 62, 63, 77)
CC: Have students throughout the unit create a series of timelines illustrating the major events on the national level and parallels in Louisiana history (e.g., events encouraging secession, events in the war, and events of the Reconstruction Era).
Students can use Timeliner software to create the series of timelines.
Web Site: Word Book Online http://www.louisianaschools.net/worldbook/
Search term: Civil War, American (This article will be helpful for activity. Note the section - Causes and background. Also, note the Related Information-Encyclopedia Articles list that includes major military leaders for both sides, Causes and background, and Important Events of the war.) Search term: Louisiana>History
Unitedstreaming Video: Causes of the Civil War (14:00) This compelling program reveals how the interests of the industrial North and the agricultural South (the Cotton Belt) came to clash over critical issues such as plantation slavery, and how these issues eventually led to the secession of the southern states.
CC: As the unit progresses, have students complete graphic organizers with selected topics to emphasize specific cause and effects.
Students can use Inspiration software to create graphic organizers to illustrate specific causes and their effects. The Inspiration templates folder has a Cause and Effects template in the Social Studies subfolder that could be used. Unit 7 Activity 1 Template - Cause and Effect
CC: Have students create a chart identifying the major political differences between the interests of the northern and southern states (see sample).
MS Word can be used to create the chart. Word template - "Political Differences"
CC: 2) Have students create a chart on issues that created tension regarding the balance of congressional power between the Northern and Southern delegations in an attempt to increase their influences in the federal government.
MS Word can be used to create the chart. Word template - "Political Differences #2"
Additional Resources: Activity 1: Louisiana Civil War Timeline of Causes and Effects
Use Timeliner software to create timeline Timeliner Quick Tips http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/timeliner/timeliner.htm
Online timeline generators Teachnology http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/ Region 15 Graphic Organizers http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html
Use Inspiration software for graphic organizers Inspiration Quick Tips http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/inspiration.htm
Online graphic organizers Teachnology http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/ Region 15 Graphic Organizers http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html
Use word processing software such as Microsoft Word to create charts/tables How do I...Create a Table? http://monroe.k12.la.us/mcs/training/word/table.html
Higher Order Thinking Activity Gale Group Resources (keyword: Hartford Convention) http://web3.infotrac.galenet.com/k12/infomark/1/1/1/purl=rc6_STO The U.S. Constitution Online: The Report of the Hartford Convention http://www.usconstitution.net/hartford.html America in the Early 19th Century: The Nullification Crisis of 1832 http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/lessons/ushistory/19thcentury/nullify4.htm United States History: Nullification Crisis http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-50.htm
Louisiana History Unit 7: Civil War and Reconstruction General Websites:
World Book Online (keyword: Civil War) http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home http://www.louisianaschools.net/worldbook/
Civil War and Reconstruction http://www.mrburnett.net/civilwar.html
Library of Congress' The Learning Page, Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861 - 1877 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/civilwar.html
United States Civil War Center Index of Civil War Information available on the Internet http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm
Civil War and Reconstruction: Jensen's Guide to WWW Resources http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/civwar.htm#B
AmericanCivilWar.com http://americancivilwar.com/index.html
The Civil War Home Page
Louisiana: A History http://www.louisianahistory.org/index.html
The American Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
The Library of Congress, American Memory: Selected Civil War Photographs http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
The Library of Congress, American Memory: Civil War http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/
The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Reading Room: Civil War Photograph Collection http://www.loc.gov/spcoll/048.html
American Treasures of Library of Congress, Memory: A Civil War Sketch Artist http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm041.html
The Library of Congress, The Learning Page, Civil War Maps http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/cwmaps/history.html
The Library of Congress, American Memory: History of Mapping the Civil War http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/cwmintro.html
The History Net.com: First of Many: Louisiana Native Guards http://www.thehistorynet.com/acw/bllouisiannativeguards/index.html
The History Place: A Nation Divided, The U.S. Civil War 1861 - 1865 http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
About Famous People: Generals and other Noteworthy People from the Civil War http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1142.html
United States Civil War
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War
Tramline: The American Civil War http://members.tripod.com/dscorpio/tours/american_civil_war/playtour.htm
Wikipedia: The American Civil War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History http://www.teacheroz.com/civilwar.htm
Teacher Oz's Civil War Primary Documents http://www.teacheroz.com/Civil_War_Documents.htm
Teenja: Civil War History http://www.teenja.com/p/articles/mi_m2004
United Streaming Videos: http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ American Civil War, The: The War Years: Part 1: 1861-1862 and Part 2: 1863-1865 American Civil War, The: Reconstruction
Brainpop.com Videos and Quizzes (requires subscription): Civil War Causes of the Civil War |