Bensalem Township School District
Chapter 18 – The Causes of the Civil War
Standards Link:
8.1.6.A
future time.
Understand chronological thinking and distinguish between past, present and
8.1.6.B
Explain and analyze historical sources.
8.1.6.C
Explain the fundamentals of historical interpretation.
8.1.6.D
Describe and explain historical research.
8.3.6.A
Identify and explain the political and cultural contributions of individuals and
groups to United States history from Beginnings to 1824.
8.3.6.B
Identify and explain primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites
important in United
8.3.6.C
Explain how continuity and change has influenced United States history from
Beginnings to 1824.
8.3.6.D
Identify and explain conflict and cooperation among social groups and
organizations in United States history from Beginnings to 1824.
Big Idea:
Enduring Understanding(s):
The Causes of the Civil War
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Cotton was the cash king of the south.
In the South, change was not necessarily a
good thing.
With change comes compromise
Essential Question(s):
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Thomas Jefferson once said that slavery was a “cruel war against human nature”. Was he
right?
In what ways did the Southern lifestyle require slaves?
How did the Industrial Revolution affect slavery?
How did the invention of the Cotton Gin affect slave labor?
How did the geography of the United States affect Americans in the North and South?
Knowledge:
Skill(s):
Bensalem Township School District
Chapter 18 – The Causes of the Civil War
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Differences grow between the North and
the South
The Missouri Compromise
Abolitionists and the Underground
Railroad
The Compromise of 1850
“Bleeding Kansas”
The election of Abraham Lincoln
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Identify the differences between the North and
South using a Venn diagram.
Describe how the Underground Railroad
Worked.
Create a mural based on the poem The Drinking
Gourd by Fred Brenner.
Explain how the events that led to the Civil War
can be compared to a feud between a brother
and sister
Complete an illustrated storybook that
compares the causes of the Civil War to a feud
between a brother and a sister
Assessment/Evidence of Learning:
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Chapter 18 assessment
Student Interactive Notebook
Enrichment essay found at: http://info.teachtci.com/resources/ha/haap/
Web quest for Civil War:
Learning Activities:
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Resources:
Literature Connection:
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Student Interactive Notebook
Numbering all the Bones
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After reading Numbering All the Bones, students will work on
analyzing the poems written by former prisoners who were confined
within Andersonville Prison.
After reading each poem, students will then compare the hardships
that each poet wrote about. Were there similarities amongst each
poem? Jot down each similarity on a sticky note.
5th- 6th Grade- Comparing Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Students will compare the text below. Students will then pick their favorite and
prepare a written rationale by commenting on an assigned set of elements. For
example:
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Which opening did you prefer? Use examples from the text to
support your answer.
Which ending did you prefer? Use examples from the text to
show why.
Which text would you want to read again? Use examples from
the text to show why.
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
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Dear Benjamin
Banneker by Brian
Pinkney
From Slave Ship to
Freedom Road by
Julius Lester
Aunt Harriet’s
Underground
Railroad in the Sky
by Faith Ringgold
Dear Austin: Letters
from the
Underground
Railroad
Read Aloud:
Numbering all the
Bones by Ann
Rinaldi
Internet connection
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www.tutorial.teach
tci.com
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Sectional Division
An elementary
Bensalem Township School District
Chapter 18 – The Causes of the Civil War
Numbering the Bones (Ann
Rinaldi)
From Slave Ship To
Freedom Road (Julius
Lester)
The Horrors of
Andersonville: Life and
Death Inside a Civil War
Prison (Exceptional Social
Studies Titles for Upper
Grades) [Library Binding]
If you lived when there was
slavery in America (Anne
Kamma)
page
explaining
At AndersonvillePoetry
of
the
sectional
the Civil War
differences of the
north and south
before the Civil
War.
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Before the Civil
The Negro Mother
Warby
Langston HughesLinks to
summaries of
political conflicts
before the war for
elementary
students.