Grade 2 - The U.S. Civil war

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

9. After hearing today’s read-aloud and questions and answers,
   do you have any remaining questions? [If time permits, you
   may wish to allow for individual, group, or class research of
   the text and/or other resources to answer these questions.]

Word Work: Confederacy and Union 5 minutes

1. In the read-aloud you heard, “[The southern states] called
   their new country the Confederate States of America, or the
   Confederacy for short,” and “The remaining states, those that
   had not seceded, were in the North, and they became known
   as the Union.”


2. Say the words Confederacy and Union with me.


3. The states of the South that seceded from the United States
   were called the Confederacy, and the states of the North that
   did not secede were called the Union.


4. All of the battles between the Confederacy and the Union are
   called the U.S. Civil War.


5. What do you remember about the Confederacy and the Union
   from the read-aloud? Try to use the words Confederacy and
   Union when you tell about it. [Ask two or three students. If
   necessary, guide and/or rephrase students’ responses: “The
   Confederacy was.. .” “The Union was.. .”]


6. What are the words we’ve been talking about?