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TAMANEND MIDDLE
SCHOOL
CI V I L W A R
CHALLENGE
THE TEAM IS DIVIDED;
CLASSMATE AGAINST CLASSMATE;
FRIEND AGAINST FRIEND;
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER;
IT’S NO LONGER A GAME…IT’S CIVIL WAR
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General Landis
&
General McFarland
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WHEN THE TEAM IS DIVIDED;
CLASSMATE AGAINST CLASSMATE; FRIEND AGAINST FRIEND;
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER; IT’S NO LONGER A GAME…
IT’S CIVIL WAR
B A TTLE P L A N Each member of the team will be drafted into state regiments (consisting of 3-5 soldiers)
who will fight in the Union (Northern) or Confederate (Southern) army. Each state
regiment will work to earn the respect of their general. The stronger the regiment
performs, the more General Landis and General McFarland will award them by giving
them more soldiers. You will be working to increase the number of soldiers in your
regiment, which will in turn increase the size of your army.
Each regiment must immediately choose a commander, secretary, quartermaster and a
scout. These choices must be written on a note card with your state’s name turned in to
General Landis or General McFarland on the first day of the War.
REGIMENTS AT WARUnionIllinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, & New York
ConfederacyFlorida, North Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia
Company A, Georgia Company B, SC Company A, SC Company B, Louisiana Company
A, Louisiana Company B, VA Company A, & VA Company B
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Each regiment can be awarded more soldiers or have soldiers taken from them based
on the following factors:
1. HW completion
2. Quality of assignments (soldier journal, quizzes, maps, speeches…)
3. Discipline of your regiment
4. Luck (game cards and the role of the dice)
5. Victories in various head to head “battles” of knowledge
6. Victories on various “battle tasks” (mini projects)
7. Preparedness for battle (having your book, flags, notebooks…)
8. There is a spy amongst us…
9. Victories in Civil War Day battles (Town Ball, company streets, reenactments…)
10. Be ready for the unexpected!!!!!!!
VICTORYVictory in the Civil War is obtained by having the largest force of on the final day
of the war. General Landis/General McFarland will be rewarding 2 groups.
1. The first group to be recognized will be the winning army-Union or Confederate.
2. The second, and more prestigious award, will be given to the winning state.
WEEK 1 REQUIRED READING AND HOMEWORK
You are responsible for knowing the information on these pages when you come to class!
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The date listed is NOT the night you read the information! It is the date you must have the reading
finished!
Wednesday, February 29 – Read 21.3 and 21.4 – Missouri Compromise
Thursday, March 1 – Read 21.5 and 21.6A – Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Law
Friday, March 2 – Read 21.6B - Uncle Tom’s Cabin
WEEK 1 BATTLES
This list of battles DOES NOT include surprise attacks, which can come at anytime from Generals Landis
and McFarland.
BATTLE # 1 – Creating a State Game Piece/Monument (due on Thursday, 3/1)
Your regiment or company must design a game piece. This piece must be no larger than 8 ½” x 11”, and
16” in height. Your game piece must be 3D and include your state name, 3 facts about your state’s role in
the 1850’s and 60’s, and have an element of creativity, which sets it apart from the other regiments. Your
state will brainstorm ideas in class Tuesday, 2/28, compile information and materials Tuesday night, and
construct your game piece with the 25 minutes given in class on Wednesday 2/29. Work hard, be
prepared, and stay organized-you will be strictly held to your deadline of 25 minutes!
10,000 soldiers will be awarded to the best regiment in each army. Soldiers will be awarded to each
regiment based on the placement of your game-piece.
BATTLE # 2 – Congressional Debate concerning the Fugitive Slave Law (during class on Thursday, 3/1)
You are representing your state in the Senate. Today the senate will be debating the constitutionality and
effectiveness of the Fugitive Slave Law (a key component of the Compromise of 1850). The debate will
take place in three steps: First, your state will have 10 minutes to write down as many quality arguments
for or against the Fugitive Slave Law as possible. Next, your state will combine forces with the other two
regiments from your Army and you will be given 10 minutes to choose the best 5 arguments supporting
your side’s view on the Fugitive Slave Law. Finally, the General will choose 5 people at random from
each army to stand and argue their side’s points. Each argument will be rated on a scale of 1-5 and then
the points will be totaled to determine which army presented the stronger arguments.
2500 soldiers awarded to the winning army.
BATTLE #3 – Write a letter to the Little Lady who started the Big War (during class on this day)
After reading an excerpt of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, each soldier in your regiment will be asked to write a
letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe about the impact of her novel. The General is looking for you to be
accurate, creative, and emotional in your letter. One soldier from each regiment will be randomly chosen
to read their letter out loud.
1500 soldiers awarded to the winning regiment in each army.
WEEKS 2 & 3 REQUIRED READING AND HOMEWORK
Monday, March 5 – Read 21.6C – Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bloodshed in Kansas, Violence in Congress
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Wednesday, March 7 – Read 21.7– The Dred Scott Case
Thursday, March 8 – Read 21.8A - Lincoln/Douglas Debates
Monday, March 12 – Read 21.8B – John Brown’s Raid
PSSA Workday – Read 21.9 – Election and Secession
PSSA Workday – Read 22.1 and 2 – North vs. South
Wednesday, March 21 – Complete the 1st half of the “Causes” review sheet
Thursday, March 22 – Complete the 2nd half of the “Causes” review sheet – Quiz Today!!
WEEKS 2 & 3 BATTLES
BATTLE # 4 – Dramatic eye-witness accounts of the violent events over slavery in Kansas (during class on
Monday, 3/5)
Each soldier will be given 15 minutes to write and prepare a 1 minute eye-witness account of the events
they encountered during “Bleeding Kansas.” You are about to be interviewed by a newspaper reporter
from 1859, just after the violence ended: please give an accurate, creative, and enthusiastic account of
what you have witnessed! One soldier from each regiment will be randomly chosen to be interviewed.
1000 soldiers awarded to the winning regiment.
BATTLE #5 – Dred Scott Political Cartoon (during class on Wednesday, 3/7)
In 1857 the Supreme Court heard the case of a slave arguing for his freedom. Their decision had an
incredible impact on slaves and the spread of slavery in the west. Using the information from the reading
you will create a political cartoon that accurately portrays the outcome and impact of the case.
2000 soldiers awarded to the winning regiment.
BATTLE #6A – Political Rally (prep on Thursday during class)
Vision of America, 1859 – Lexington, KY
Abraham Lincoln is running on the Republican ticket and the favorite for the Election of 1860. The
southern states, with the support of Jefferson Davis, see this as a threat to their well being and are
prepared to respond if Lincoln is elected.
The Northern Army will choose 1 person to represent Abraham Lincoln and 2 people to act as
speechwriters. The Southern Army will choose 1 person to represent Jefferson Davis and 2
speechwriters. Both Armies will be given 20 minutes to prepare a speech supporting the election of
Lincoln or denouncing the election of Lincoln. The remaining will create a campaign rally sign, (1 per
regiment) which will be posted during the speech. Each speech must be 1.5 to 2 minutes in length and
presented at the rally.
BATTLE #6B – Abraham Lincoln/Jefferson Davis Day (held on Friday, 3/8)
Students of the Union and Confederate regiments (1 per regiment) will portray Abraham Lincoln or
Jefferson Davis for the political rally. This day commemorates the days that Lincoln and Davis
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acknowledged the hard work ahead following the election of 1860. Each Lincoln and Davis will deliver a
speech to the people of America. Each person will deliver with passion and conviction to earn soldiers
for their regiment.
2500 soldiers will be awarded to the winning Army,
1500 to the best Lincoln or Davis,
and an additional 500 for the best campaign poster.
BATTLE #7 – Trial of John Brown (prep in class on Monday 3/12 and during PSSA’s, held Wednesday 3/21)
John Brown, the radical abolitionist, has been caught by Federal Officials after the attempted capture of
the Federal Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. Several months have passed and John Brown must now
go to trial. The charges brought against him are murder in the 1st degree for the Pottawatomie Creek
Massacre and conspiracy to commit treason at Harper’s Ferry.
Each Army will choose 2 attorneys to represent them during this trial and 2 judges to determine the fate of
John Brown. Southerners will act as the Prosecution and the northerners will act as the Defense. Each
Army will receive 40 minutes to assist the lawyers in preparing their case. Upon completion of the
preparation each side will be given 10 minutes to present their case to a 5-person panel. The judges will
then determine the guilt or innocence of John Brown.
2000 soldiers will be awarded to the winning Army.
Battle #8 – Quiz on the Causes of the Revolution (during class on Thursday, 3/22)
As the war began one side had a clear advantage: the North. But as we know from the Revolution, the
underdog should never be counted out. To illustrate the differences observe the information at your tables
and create a poster with (4) pie charts illustrating each side’s advantage.
5,000 soldiers will be awarded to the most attractive and informational chart.
Battle #9 – Strengths and Weaknesses (during class on Friday, 3/23)
As the war began one side had a clear advantage: the North. But as we know from the Revolution, the
underdog should never be counted out. To illustrate the differences, observe the information at your
tables, and create a poster with (4) pie charts illustrating each side’s advantage.
2,000 soldiers will be awarded to the most attractive and informational chart.
WEEKS 4 TO 7 REQUIRED READINGS AND HOMEWORK
Monday, March 26 Read 22.3 – Bull Run and the Women
Wednesday, March 28 Read 22.4A – Antietam: the bloodiest day
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Thursday, March 29 Read 22.4B – New Realities of War (medicine)
Tuesday, April 3 Read 22.5 – Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address
Tuesday, April 10 Read 22.6 – Vicksburg: A Besieged City
Thursday, April 12 Read 22.7 – Fort Wagner (African American involvement in the war)
Friday, April 13 Read 22.8A – Appomattox: Total War Brings an End
Monday, April 16 Read 22.8B - Appomattox: Total War Brings an End
WEEKS 4 TO 7 BATTLES
Introduction
On April 12, 1861, Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, thus beginning the
bloodiest conflict in American history. 620,000 casualties. More than all other American wars combined.
The Civil War remains this nation’s most defining experience, ultimately giving new meaning to the word
“freedom.” Walt Whitman, a young newspaperman destined to become one of America’s greatest poets,
wrote, “We will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background of this war, and it’s best
that we should not. The real war will never be in the books.” This week the war will come alive for all of
us to experience.
BATTLE #10 – Civil War Event Timeline (due in class on
Goal – Create a detailed timeline of (8) major events/battles between the years of 1861-1865. Each event
will be detailed with visuals, i.e. – maps, pictures, charts, headlines, quotations, etc, AND include a 3-4
sentence summary of that event (Generals, who won, casualties, strategies used, etc).
Assignment- Use the following events/campaigns to create your timeline:
Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Appomattox
Court House.
5000 soldiers awarded to the winning regiment.
BATTLE # 11 – Northern Lights Poem (due in class on Monday, April 2)
Your group is to submit one narrative poem describing the events of the Battle of Fredericksburg written
from the perspective of the Union soldier Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Your poem can be in any style
you wish and should have at least two stanzas. Your poem will be presented in a dramatic fashion.
5000 soldiers awarded to the winning regiment.
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24th/
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BATTLE #12 – “Tenting Tonight”
Each regiment must construct and dismantle 2 Civil War style tents in the fastest time in order to
earn soldiers. The tents must be sturdy and well-constructed for inspection by the commanding
officers.
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BATTLE #13 – Town Ball
This challenge will bring you directly back to the activities of the 1860’s.
BATTLE #14 – Regimental Drilling
All Union and Confederate troops will be whipped into top military shape.
BATTLE #15 – Battlefield Challenge
The battlefield challenge will be the review for the unit exam. This will be a battle nobody
forgets! Description TBA
FINAL CHALLENGE:
MAY 1st – CIVIL WAR UNIT EXAM
Missouri Compromise 21.3 and 21.4 (due Wednesday, 2/29)
1. What were the three decisions in the Missouri Compromise?
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2. Paraphrase John Quincy Adams’s diary entry to explain how he felt about the Missouri
Compromise.
I have favored this Missouri compromise, believing it to be all that could be effected
[accomplished] under the present Constitution, and from extreme unwillingness to put the Union
at hazard [risk]. If the Union must be dissolved, slavery is precisely the question on which it
ought to break. For the present, however, the contest is laid asleep.
21.4
1. What was John Quincy Adams’s 1839 antislavery proposal? What was the gag rule, and how did
it affect his proposal?
2. How did the fugitive slave issue and the Wilmot Proviso pull the nation apart?
Fugitive slave issue:
Wilmot Proviso:
3. Why did Northerners in Congress accept California’s application for statehood while Southerners
rejected it?
Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Law 21.5 and 21.6A (due Thursday, 3/1)
1. List four details of Henry Clay’s plan to end the deadlock over the issue of California statehood.
a.
b.
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c.
d.
2. Write a new sentence to correct the errors in this sentence: Northerners and Southerners easily
accepted the terms of the Compromise of 1850 and put their suspicions to rest once it had been
passed.
21.6A
List two key details to describe this event in the chart. Also explain how it pulled the nation apart.
Events After the
Compromise of 1850
Two Key Details
How the Event Pulled the Nation
Apart
Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 21.6B (due on Friday, 3/2)
List two key details to describe this event in the chart. Also explain how it pulled the nation apart.
Events After the
Compromise of 1850
Two Key Details
How the Event Pulled the Nation
Apart
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
published
Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bloodshed in Kansas, Violence in Congress 21.6C (due Monday, 3/5)
List two key details to describe each event in the chart. Also explain how each event pulled the nation
apart.
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Events After the
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Two Key Details
How the Event Pulled the
Nation Apart
Kansas-Nebraska Act
passed
Raid on Lawrence,
Kansas
Beating of Senator
Sumner
The Dred Scott Case 21.7 (due Wednesday, 3/7)
1. Why did Dred Scott argue that he should be freed from slavery?
2. Choose and explain the two most important decisions that came out of the Supreme Court’s Dred
Scott decision.
3. Fill in the speech bubbles to show two different reactions to the Dred Scott decision.
Lincoln/Douglas Debates 21.8A (due Thursday, 3/8)
1. Besides helping Stephen Douglas win the 1858 Senate race in Illinois, what were two other results
of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
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John Brown’s Raid 21.8B (due Monday, 3/12)
1. Why did John Brown attempt to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
Election and Secession 21.9 PSSA Workday
1. Create a newspaper headline to show how most Southerners reacted to the election of Lincoln in
1860.
2. What happened in the South on each of these dates?
December 20, 1860:
February 1861:
3. What did Lincoln state about secession in his inaugural address on March 4, 1861? What was his
appeal to the rebellious Southern states?
4. Create a newspaper headline to
show how most Northerners
reacted to the events at Fort
Sumter in Charleston, South
Carolina.
North vs. South 22.1 and 22.2 PSSA
Workday
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1. Complete the matrix. List at least five strengths or weaknesses for the North and five strengths or
weaknesses for the South. Include any geographic strengths or weaknesses, and put a check next
to them.
Weaknesses
North
South
Strengths
2. Based on the information in your matrix, predict which side you think was more likely to win the
Civil War. Explain your choice.
3. How did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis each use the ideals of the American Revolution
and the Declaration of Independence to support their side’s cause?
Lincoln:
Davis:
Bull
Run
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and the Women 22.3 (due Monday, 3/26)
1. Explain each of the three steps of the Anaconda Plan.
2. Who won the Battle of Bull Run? Describe the roles that Rose Greenhow and “Stonewall”
Jackson played in the victory.
3. List five roles for women during the Civil War. Circle the role you would have wanted to fill if
you were a woman at that time and tell why.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Antietam: The Bloodiest Day 22.4A (due Wednesday, 3/28)
1. Explain what the Union navy and army did to put each of the three steps of the Anaconda Plan
into action from 1861 to 1862. Refer to your diagram from the previous page (2.3) to remind you
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of each step of the plan.
2. Many soldiers who fought in the Battle of Antietam saw it as a defeat for both armies. Why?
Support your answer with statistics.
New Realities of War (Medicine) 22.4B (due Thursday, 3/29)
1. Give three reasons why the death toll for soldiers in the Civil War was so high. Circle the reason
that was the most deadly.
a.
b.
c.
Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address 22.5 (due Tuesday, 4/3)
1. Fill in the diagram with two reasons why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and two
important effects of his action.
Lincoln’s Reasons for
Issuing the Proclamation
Effects of
Issuing the Prolamation
1.
1.
2.
Lincoln
Issues the
Emancipation
Proclamation
2.
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2. Fill in the speech bubbles to show what General Lee might have said before and after the Battle of
Gettysburg.
3. Why did some Northerners oppose the war? How did President Lincoln respond when opposition
turned violent?
4. Write a short excerpt from the Gettysburg Address that shows how Lincoln chose words to
connect his speech to the Declaration of Independence. Then explain why you think he wanted to
connect his address to the Declaration.
Vicksburg: A Besieged City 22.6 (due Tuesday, 4/1)
1. Complete the spoke diagram. One entry has been started for you.
2. Explain what the Union navy and army did to maintain or make progress on Steps 1 and 2 of the
Anaconda Plan from 1862 to 1863.
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3. Suppose you are a civilian in the South in 1864. Write a short letter to your father in the
Confederate army telling him what life is like for civilians back home.
Fort Wagner (African American involvement in the war) 22.7 (due Thursday, 4/12)
1. Fill in the Venn diagram to compare the experience of African American soldiers and white
soldiers in the Union army. Give at least two important similarities and at least four key
differences.
Appomattox: Total War Brings an End 22.8A (due Friday, 4/13)
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1. Describe what General Grant meant by the term total war. Do you believe that total war is an
appropriate war strategy? Why or why not?
2. Explain what the Union army did to complete Step 3 of the Anaconda Plan from 1864 to 1865.
Appomattox: Total War Brings an End 22.8B (due Monday, 4/16)
1. Write a newspaper headline and a short news article describing the event that occurred in
Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Be sure to include information on what, who, when,
where, and why.
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2. There were many important results of the Civil War. Which do you think was the most important,
and why?
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