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Duration: 1 hour
How did decades of debate, compromise, and division lead the United States into Civil War? Students will investigate the cultural, economic, and political issues that divided the nation through primary-source analysis, evaluation of key leaders, and chronological reasoning that helps put major events into context.
Analyze Primary Resources
Students will analyze primary resources to investigate the cultural, economic, and political issues that divided the nation prior to the American Civil War.
Evaluate Key Leaders
Students will evaluate the roles of key leaders connected to the conflict.
Build a Battle of Hampton Roads Timeline
Students will create a timeline of the Battle of Hampton Roads to organize and apply what they have learned.
By analyzing evidence, comparing viewpoints, and building a timeline, students will strengthen historical reasoning while connecting classroom study of the Civil War to the people, policies, and events that shaped the nation.
Teachers will have the option to extend students’ learning by completing a self-guided scavenger hunt throughout The Museum.
Duration: 1 hour
How did decades of debate, compromise, and division lead the United States into Civil War? Students will investigate the cultural, economic, and political issues that divided the nation through primary-source analysis, evaluation of key leaders, and chronological reasoning that helps put major events into context.
Analyze Primary Resources
Students will analyze primary resources to investigate the cultural, economic, and political issues that divided the nation prior to the American Civil War.
Evaluate Key Leaders
Students will evaluate the roles of key leaders connected to the conflict.
Build a Battle of Hampton Roads Timeline
Students will create a timeline of the Battle of Hampton Roads to organize and apply what they have learned.
By analyzing evidence, comparing viewpoints, and building a timeline, students will strengthen historical reasoning while connecting classroom study of the Civil War to the people, policies, and events that shaped the nation.
Learning objectives
- Students will analyze at least three political policies and actions that led to the American Civil War.
- Students will practice critical thinking skills by comparing and contrasting the economic and political ideologies of the American North and American South.
- Students will be able to identify at least three key leaders of the American Civil War.
- Students will explore the work of Historians by building a timeline of events for the Battle of Hampton Roads using a letter written by an eye-witness.
History and Social Science (VDOE 2023)
- VUS 7h, 8a, c & 9a, b, c
Pricing:
Payment can be made before the program, or we can invoice following your program.
- Programs at the Museum are $4.50 per student.
All adults accompanying a field trip are free. - Programs at your location are $4.50 per student.
- Virtual education programs are $125 per program.
Reservations are required for all programs and are booked on a first-come, first-served basis. Programs fill quickly in the fall and spring, so make your reservations a minimum of two weeks in advance.
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