68 The U.S. Civil War 5 |The Division of the United States

 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Demonstrate familiarity with slavery and the controversy over

slavery in the United States

 Describe the adult life and contributions of Abraham Lincoln

 Differentiate between the Union and the Confederacy and the

states associated with each

 Describe why the southern states seceded from the United

States

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this

lesson. Objectives aligning with the Common Core State

Standards are noted with the corresponding standard in

parentheses. Refer to the Alignment Chart for additional standards

addressed in all lessons in this domain.

Students will:

 Interpret information from a map and map key to understand

which states belonged to the Union and which belonged to the

Confederacy (RI.2.7)

 Interpret information from a timeline to sequence some of the

important events surrounding the U.S. Civil War (RI.2.7)

 Write simple sentences to represent details or information from

“The Division of the United States” (W.2.2)

 With assistance, categorize and organize facts and information

to write about the differences between the Union and the

Confederacy as part of the Civil War Journal activity (W.2.8)

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