Tuesday, October 28, 2014


The Battle Of Gettysburg  July 1-3 1863.


Click the link below learn about the battle!

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg/maps/gettysburg-animated-map/
  • What other 3 battles were in this campaign?
  • How many were involved in the battle at Gettysburg? 
    • How many from the North?  
    • How many from the South?
    • Total estimated casualties?
  • Answer for each side
    • Killed?
    • Wounded?
    • Missing and Captured?
    • Total?
  • Who won this battle?
  • What effect did Gettysburg have on the war?



Who is this?  *Hint he dies in a famous battle not at Gettysburg.  He died June 25, 1876














Battle field of Gettysburg.

Who were the Commanders for each side?







Gettysburg Address   http://vimeo.com/38125161

Having a hard time memorizing the speech? 
 A few links that may help-

This first link will help learn skills used to memorize anything.
http://www.productivity501.com/how-to-memorize-verbatim-text/294/

This link is a game to help you learn.http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/gettysburgaddress
Fill in the Blanks http://kwizmi.com/1766/Gettysburg_Address_-_Fill_in_the_blanks.








Monday, October 20, 2014

What was the average price for a slave in the year 1860?

What did the Civil War Cost?

Find out for yourself..

http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/

How did the Civil war change our money?


Monday, October 6, 2014

Antietam 1862




Antietam America's bloodiest day!

What it looks like today, what it looked like back in 1862. Imagine what it was like.  Click on the link and check it out.





Listen to the story- http://www.npr.org/2012/09/17/161248814/antietam-a-savage-day-in-american-history  

Questions from class 10-2-2014

How many total fought in the battle?
How many from the North?
How many from the South?
Total Estimated Casualties?

How many from the Union were:
Killed?
Wounded?
Missing and or Captured?
Total for the Union?

How many from the Confederate were:
Killed?
Wounded?
Missing and or Captured?
Total for the Confederate?
What changed this battle?
Bonus challenge-

Write a paper about why we study history?  Why do we study specific time period?  How does it help us today to study the past?  How do you feel about the civil war?

Bloodiest Day

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=battle+of+antietam&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002 

How was the fighting in the Civil War different than today?  Movie Clips

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=battle+of+antietam&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002

Pictures of Antietam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSILLYhYdTY