The U.S. Civil War | Alignment Chart v
Alignment Chart for The U.S. Civil War
The following chart contains core content objectives addressed in this
domain. It also demonstrates alignment between the Common Core
State Standards and corresponding Core Knowledge Language Arts
(CKLA) goals.
Alignment Chart for The U.S. Civil War
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Core Content Objectives
Demonstrate familiarity with slavery and the
controversy over slavery in the United States
Identify the contributions that enslaved African
Americans made to the success of plantations in the
South
Describe the life and contributions of Harriet
Tubman
Identify the Underground Railroad as a system of
escape for enslaved Africans in the United States
Demonstrate familiarity with the poem “Harriet
Tubman”
Demonstrate familiarity with the song “Follow the
Drinking Gourd”
Differentiate between the North and the South
Describe the adult life and contributions of Abraham
Lincoln
Demonstrate familiarity with the poem “Lincoln”
Differentiate between the Union and the
Confederacy and the states associated with each
Describe why the southern states seceded from the
United States
Identify the U.S. Civil War, or the War Between the
States, as a war waged because of differences
between the North and the South
Identify the people of the North as “Yankees” and
those of the South as “Rebels”
Define the differences between the Union and the
Confederacy