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.

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?

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.

 http://www.npr.org/2012/09/17/161167847/re-tracing-the-steps-of-a-civil-war-photographer

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

Sword Rank Advancement Requirements:

1)      Watch 3 of the following movies

·         Gettysburg –

·         Gods and Generals –

·         Shenandoah –

·         The Red Badge of Courage

·         Gone with the Wind -

2)      Write a Hero Report on a person in the civil War history of your choice.

3)      Complete all of the required Writing Assignments

4)      Memorize the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

5)      Memorize 3 of the 4 following songs:

·         The Battle Cry of Freedom

·         The Battle Hymn of the Republic

·         Dixie

·         Other Civil War Song of your choice

6)       Read all of the books below:

·         Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher-Stowe

·         Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

·         Abraham Lincoln by Wilbur F. Gordy

·         To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

7)       Memorize what your religion says on the matter of government

8)      Give a class presentation

9)      Read and discuss the following speeches and documents:

•          Dred Scott vs Stanford
•          The Emancipation Proclamation
•          The Gettysburg Address
•          Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Constitutional Amendments 13, 14, 15

Uncle Tom's Cabin Audio Links

Listen to Uncle Tom's Cabin  online through LIBRIVOX   or YOUTUBE

https://librivox.org/uncle-toms-cabin-by-harriet-beecher-stowe/

Youtube link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aD5put0H6A

Battle of Antietam Animated Maps Link

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/antietam/maps/antietam-animated-map.html

Battle of ANTIETAM 
at Sharpsburg

Single bloodiest day of battle in our nation's history.

Watch the video, play the games, read the facts, look at the photos.  

Who is for the North.   Who is for the South?