The Civil War

Between 1861 and 1865, America was torn in two as the North fought the South in the Civil War. Never was the question, "What is America?" so important. For four years, our country's unity was threatened.

For the students of Scott Joplin School, learning about the Civil War is especially important because with the ending of the Civil War, slavery also ended! That is a very important part of African American history.

Final Project

Your final project for our unit of study on The Civil War will be a group project. You will have to create a visual aid that represents what your group decides was the most important part of the Civil War. Your visual aid will have to contain at least one primary source. This assignment will be completed after we have studied the war and you have a thorough knowledge of the different events. I will give you the directions and the rubric, but below are some websites that will give you more information about the Civil War, and where you can find some primay sources. Remember, we will score 80% or above on all assessments!

• This site contains pictures from the Civil War.
• This site is all about African American soldiers in the Civil War.
• This site is divided into different categories of information about the Civil War, like people, places, battlefields, statistics, and maps.
• This site will provide you with links to just about anything you would want to know about the Civil War! It has drafts of some of President Lincoln's speeches, descriptions of army camps, slave narratives, and photographs!

Enrichment Activities

There are lots of games on the internet that you can play to help you learn about the Civil War!

• This site has games about major people and events during the Civil War.
• This site contains information, practice quizzes, and activities about different aspects of the Civil War.

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