Objectives/Learner Outcomes and Assessments (formal and informal)

What knowledge, skills, and dispositions are students expected to demonstrate as a result of
the lesson?
Students will learn about the major battles of the war and why they are important.
Standards AddressedDPI model academics standards (Science, Social Studies, Foreign
Language) are specifically addressed in the lesson?
Historical Eras and Themes
While studying United States history, students in grades 5-12 will learn about:
the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Materials/Resources/Technology-- What materials/resources/technology needed to support
instructional procedures in this lesson.
iPads/computers
posters
markers
Content/Procedures/Sequence (Includes estimated time for each activity)
Content outline
Intro (2
minutes)

Activity
(1hour and 15
minutes)

Instructional strategies/learning tasks/sequence of activities (include what you and

the students will be doing that supports diverse student needs)
The Civil War is the bloodiest war in US history. Does anyone know why? (Because
we were fighting ourselves). We are going to look at the major battles of the war
today.
There are nine major battles of the war:
1. The First Battle of Bull Run
2. The Peninsular Campaign
3. The Battle of Antietam
4. The Battle of Shiloh
5. The Battle of Chancellorsville
6. The Battle of Gettysburg
7. Fall of Atlanta
8. Shermans March to the Sea
9. Surrender at Appomattox
Students will be grouped (depending on class size partners or groups of 3) and
assigned each battle to research. Students will be expected to present the battle they
research to the class. They should create it on a poster and they will hang in the
classroom as a timeline of events. The posters should include:
1. Dates of the battle
2. Location of the battle (State and City and which side the state was on)
3. Who won
4. Why it was important
5. What happened
6. Important people in the battle (i.e. generals)
7. An interesting fact about the battle
8. Casualties in each side
Students should be given about thirty minutes to research the battle and 5-10

minutes to present their battle

Closure
Summary of lesson
These battles are important to understanding the war and how the meaning of the war changed
over time.