Download 2nd Semester Final – Project Overview

Mini Documentary Project – The Civil War
AP U.S. History
TASK
Working in groups of 1-2 people, you are required to research
one of the topics on the Civil War assigned to you by Mr.
Gibson. Your task is to create a 2-3 minute documentary that
examines and discusses the history and background of your
topic, as well as it’s impact on the conflict that forged the
United States.
REQUIREMENTS
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Your movie must address the following areas that pertain to your topic
 Give your own brief description the event or section that you have been assigned. You can't
include everything, so only provide your viewer with the most important information about your
section of the conflict. Weave your answers to the questions below within this description.
o Why is your section or area of focus historically significant within the Civil War?
o Why is your section or area of focus historically significant within American
History?
 There is a saying that “History is a story well told”. Make sure that your topics story is clear to
your audience.
Your movie must be 2 to 3 minutes long in order to receive full credit.
Your movie must include a narration of at least 30 seconds.
Your movie must include an interview / video clip of some kind that is at least 20 seconds long.
Your movie must include relevant pictures, video clips, music, graphs, text, picture effects, transitions,
etc, to make it look as professional as possible.
GRADING / DUE DATES
Your final is worth a total of 200 points. Your grade will be based on the rubric below. Your section will be
combined with the rest of the movies made by your classmates to create a full documentary of the Civil War.
“A” 200-180 Points
“B” 179-160 Points
“C” 159 – 140 Points
All Required Technical
Elements included in the
film
Most Required Technical
Elements included in the
film
Some Required Technical
Elements included in the
film
All content requirements
included in the film
Most content
requirements included in
the film
Some content
requirements included in
the film
Overall Effort
The film is informative
about the topic
The film is polished with
few technical or content
errors
The film looks like the
product of 2 weeks of
work
Group effort is evident
Overall Effort
The film is somewhat
informative about the
topic
The film is very
somewhat polished but
has several technical or
content errors
Group effort is
somewhat evident
Overall Effort
The film is both
professional informative
about the topic
The film is very polished
with no technical or
content errors
Group effort is clearly
evident
“D or lower” 139 – 0
Points
Few Required Technical
Elements included in the
film
Few content requirements
included in the film
Overall Effort
The film is sloppy,
unorganized, or
unrelated to topic
Film looks like a rough
draft with excessive no
technical or content
errors
Little to no group effort
1.
Causes of the Civil War I
a. Missouri Compromise, Wilmot Proviso, Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo, Compromise of 1850, Dred
Scott Decision, Kansas Nebraska Act, “Bloody
Kansas”
2.
Causes of the Civil War II
a. John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry, Popular
Sovereignty, The Brooks/Sumner Attack, Harriet
Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The LincolnDouglas Debates, The Election of 1860
3.
Advantages / Disadvantages of the Union
a. North = Population, Heavy Industry, Navy, Had to
conquer the South, Fought on Southern Territory,
Poor Early Leadership, The Role of Lincoln,
Anaconda Plan
4.
Advantages / Disadvantages of the Confederacy
a. South = Military Tradition, Survival Techniques,
Fighting a Defensive War on their own soil, Military
Leadership, Cotton, Lack of Industry, Failed Military
Alliances with Foreign Countries
5.
6.
Confederate Leadership (Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee,
“Stonewall” Jackson, James Longstreet, George Pickett)
a. Davis = Cabinet, “Spoils System” Military Strategy,
Relationship with Confederate Citizens
b. Lee = Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg,
Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg,
Defense of Petersburg
c. Jackson = 1st & 2nd Bull Run, Battle of Antietam,
Battle of Chancellorsville,
d. Longstreet & Pickett = Battle of Fredericksburg,
Battle of Gettysburg
Union Leadership (Abraham Lincoln, George MaCcallean,
Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, George Meade)
a. Lincoln = Suspending Habeas Corpus, Emancipation
Proclamation, Conscription, Election of 1864,
Gettysburg Address, Battle of Fort Stevens
b. McClellan = Training of the Army of the Potomac,
Battle of Antietam, Election of 1864
c. Grant = Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Vicksburg,
Overland Campaign, Siege of Petersburg,
d. Sherman = March to the Sea, Total War
7.
Technological Advances ot the Civil War
a. Railroads, Telegraph, Medicine, Spencer Revolver,
Sharpe’s Rifle, Gatling Gun, Submarines, “IronClads”, Monitor vs. Merrimac, Hot Air Balloons,
Photography
8.
Early Battles 1861-1862
a. Fort Sumter, Anaconda Plan, 1st Battle of Bull Run,
Battle of Seven Pines, Peninsula Campaign, Seven
Days Battle, Reasons for Early Confederate
Success, Taking New Orleans, Shiloh
9.
Battle of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Antietam
Date(s)
Opposing Commanders
Casualties
“Bloody Lane”
“The Cornfield”
“Burnside Bridge”
“Dunker Church”
Outcome / Significance
10. The Emancipation Proclamation
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Battle of Antietam
c. The “Military Strategy”
d. Changing the aim of the war
e. Effect of the Emancipation Proclamation
f.
African-Americans in the Union Army
g. 54th Massachusetts (Union)
11. Battle of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Gettysburg
Date(s)
Opposing Commanders
Casualties
“The Fish Hook”
“Little Round Top”
“Pickett’s Charge”
“Railroad Cut”
“Devils Den”
Outcome / Significance
12. Siege of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Vicksburg
Date(s)
Opposing Commanders
Casualties
“The Canal”
“Porter’s Gun Boat Fleet”
Outcome / Significance
13. The Gettysburg Address & The NYC Draft Riots
a. Battle of Gettysburg
b. Edward E. Horton
c. Text of Lincoln’s Speech
d. Significance of the Address
e. Conscription / “The Draft”
f.
Details of the 3 Day Riot
g. How was the riot put down?
14. Siege of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Petersburg
Date(s)
Opposing Commanders
Casualties
“The Crater”
Trench Warfare
Outcome / Significance
15. Major effects of the Civil War / Aftermath
a. Appomattox Courthouse
b. Economic Impact
c. Casualties
d. Lincoln’s Assassination / John Wilkes Booth
e. Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction
16. Daily Life
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
of a Civil War Soldier
Union Side
Confederate Side
Food, Supplies, Sleeping
Hardships / Prisoner of War Camps
Demographics
Rate of Desertion
17. Women in the Civil War
a. Key Figures = Dorothea Dix, Clara Barton, Harriet
Tubman
b. Role in Industry (North & South)
c. Role on the “Home Front”
d. Spies Union & Confederate
e. The United States Sanitary Commission.
f.
Women in the Military (Union & Confederate)
g. African American Women (Free & Slave)
18. African Americans & Immigrants
a. African Americans (Free & Slave, the 54th
Massachusetts, The Emancipation Proclamation,
Fort Wagner, Fort Pillow, Service in the Confederate
Army)
b. Irish American’s (The Irish Brigade, The NYC Draft
Riots, The 10th Tennessee)
c. German Americans, Latino Americans, Italian
Americans, & other ethnicities in the Civil War
d. Types of discrimination faced by each of these
groups.