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 =**Trip Focus: Southern Perspective on the American Civil War **=

==This page has been created to connect all the pieces of the professional development that I received through Funds For Teachers and the Rural Schools and Community Trust. ==

Fund for Teachers Website: http://www.fundforteachers.org/ Rural Schools and Community Trust Website: http://www.ruraledu.org/site/c.beJMIZOCIrH/b.497215/

List of Participants This Year:

The Initial Grant Applications:

Brochure: media type="custom" key="2041702" [|Martin the Bears Blog]

HOMEWORK #1 - CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR TERMS [[file:Causes of the Civil Wa1.doc]]
=Project Number One: Causes for the American Civil War=

DOCUMENTS
Group #1 [|Compromise of 1820] Group #2 [|Compromise of 1850] Group #3 [|Kansas-Nebraska Act] Group #4 Election of 1860: [|Republican Party Platform], [|Democratic Party Platform], and [|Constitutional Union Party Platform]

MAPS
Group #1 Compromise of 1820 Group #2 Compromise of 1850 [|Compromiseof1850Map] Group #3 Kansas-Nebraska Act [|KansasNebraskaActMap.jpg] Group #4 Election of 1860

HOMEWORK #2 - TWO PAPERS REGARDING THE JUSTIFYING CAUSES OF SECESSION
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?documentprint=614

**HOMEWORK #3 - QUALITIES OF A LEADER AND THE LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAR**
"Seven Qualities of a Good Leader" - http://www.groco.com/readingroom/bus_goodleader.aspx Assignment: Rubric:

=**Project #2: The American Civil War**=

Battlefield Assignment: Concise History of the Civil War Student Assignment: Battlefield Graphic:

Books Used: Davis, William C. __The First Battle of Manassas__. Eastern National: 1995. Robertson, James Jr. __The Civil War's Common Soldier__. Eastern National: 2006. Castel, Albert. __CWS Atlanta__. Eastern National: 1996 Gallagher, Gary W. __CWS Chancellorsville__. Eastern National: 2007 __CWS Concise HIstory of the Civil War__. Eastern National: Trudeau, Noah Andre. __CWS Petersburg__. Eastern National: 1995 Miller, William. __CWS Richmond__: Eastern National: 1996. Daniel, Larry J. __CWS Shiloh:__ Eastern National: 1998. Ballard, Michael. __CWS Vicksburg:__ Eastern National: 1996. Rhea, Gordon C. __CWS Wilderness & Spotsylvania__: Eastern National: 2007 Pfanz, Harry W. __Gettysburg.__ Eastern National 2006

Website Resources: http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/ - Site full of primary documents and professional learning opportunities for teachers. (made by an organization) http://americancivilwar.com/ - site made by civil war buff. http://www.civilwarhome.com/ - site made by civil war buff. http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/ - site over The Civil War PBS Movie by Ken Burns http://www.sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ - variety of resources by made a college professor. http://www.civilwar.com/ - variety of information about the civil war.