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 * Unit 2 A Nation Divided**


 * Opening Assignment:**
 * 1) Read the following articles: The Great Campaigner **(Please be sure to read the __ whole __ article of 5 pages.)** and What Would Lincoln Do? (**Please be sure to read the __ whole __ article of 4 pages.)**
 * 2) **Prepare a 500 Word Journal Entry comparing and contrasting the main ideas of the Sidney Blumenthal in his article on "The Great Campaigner".**
 * 3) **Create a video, Prezi or Weebly to present your journal entry. The video or presentation should be 2 minutes. If you choose a Weebly, create 5 tabs.**


 * Learning Targets:**
 * 1) **Be able to identify key events that caused the Civil War.**
 * 2) **Be able to identify key results of the Civil War.**
 * 3) **Be able to formulate a thesis to answer the Unit Prompt.**
 * 4) **Be able to synthesize pieces of evidence together to formulate a picture of the Civil War, why it happened, and the new nation it created.**
 * General Facts and Overview:**
 * 1) **Rapid industrialization in the late 19****th** **Century resulted in the creation of great wealth and power, but it also led to economic and social problems.**
 * 2) **Progressive reformers sought governmental solutions to solve societal ills.**
 * 3) **The turmoil left by the wake of the American Civil War left the American nation wide open for ideals, economic expansion, social change, and increased day-to-day involvement of the American national government in business practice and social regulation.**
 * 4) **The Civil War broke the economic and social institution of slavery, but it did not break the institutionalized racism of the South.**
 * 5) **The Civil War was meant to preserve the Union** //**by**// **breaking the institution of slavery.**

= **Unit Prompt:** **Was the Civil War about slavery or preservation of the Union?**= Formative Assessment Packet (250 PTS): Civil War Readings Diagnostic Assessment Annotated Bibliographies and Research-Based Outline Summative Assessment (100 PTS): Persuasive Essay: **Based on the prompt**, 5 Paragraphs, 750 Words. (You will use the Persuasive Essay in your Overview Presentation. This step is extremely important!! Utilize the Essay to discuss the issues presented by the Socratic Seminar, then have the class take notes using the Civil War Memory Bank Worksheet.

US Civil War 3D Map Model


 * Unit 3 America Rises**
 * Learning Targets:**
 * 1) **Be able to identify key factors of the Reconstruction Era that shaped the first decade immediately after the Civil War.**
 * 2) **Be able to explain how the Reconstruction Era led to the Progressive Era which lasted from the 1870s-1930s.**
 * 3) **Be able to formulate a thesis to answer the Unit Prompt then evaluate that thesis by synthesizing the key events from the Reconstruction Era and the Progressive Era to provide a thorough documentary for the class.**
 * General Facts and Overview:**

-Reconstruction Era 1865-1877 -Spanish American War; US gains colonies, namely the Philippines and Hawaii -Unions vs. Business Leaders and how the government regulates their interactions
 * 1) **In order to rebuild the United States after the Civil War, an increase in entrepreneurship took place.**
 * 2) **Carpetbaggers headed to the South and pioneers headed West explored markets that were either unknown or unnecessary prior to the Civil War.**
 * 3) **The National Government began its increased role in the economy during the Civil War when President Lincoln, using his position, sponsored the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad to link the industries of the East to the raw materials of the West.**
 * 4) ** Unit Prompt: ** **Was the Progressive Era progressive?**
 * **Create a 15-30 Minute Timeline Documentary on the Progressive Era utilizing pictures and video clips.**
 * **Students may // not // "steal" videos from YouTube.**
 * **Present this Documentary to the class.**
 * Paragraphs ||  Topic Summary: What happened? Answer in 5 Complete Sentences.  ||  Evidence: Quotes or Statistics to add to summary  ||  Analysis: Why is this event/person important?  ||  Evaluation: How does the evidence support my thesis?  ||  Mapping Sentence/Transition Sentence  ||
 * Introduction || Summarize the Progressive Era

-Racism ||  ||   ||   ||   || Business owners vs. Central Government; Business owners consisted of Carnegie, Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan; T. Roosevelt President Woodrow Wilson “the Last Progressive” ||  ||   ||   ||   || What did the Progressive Era lead to? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Body 1 || Government: Unstable; 3 Candidates ran on the Republican, Democrat, Progressive ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Body 2 || Economy: Based on railroad, steel, coal, oil and farming industries. Civil War veterans become main labor force. Unions vs. Business ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Body 3 || Key Figures:
 * Conclusion || Summarize or introduce new idea.