CP+Bizier,+Daniel

=Unit Cover Page=


 * Unit Title: Grade Level(s): Civil War and Reconstruction**
 * Subject/Topic Area(s): Social Studies- History**
 * Key Words: Civil War and Reconstruction**
 * Designed by: Daniel Bizier Time Frame:**
 * School District: School:**

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 * =Brief Summary of Unit= ||
 * The Civil War is one of the most well known eras in the history of the United States. The war pitted the North (Union) against the South (Confederacy) in a battle that turned the US country side into war-torn battle fields. The actual fighting lasted for four long years, but there was fighting before the war began, and long after it ended. This unit is designed so that students will know the causes of the war, advantages that each side possessed that influenced the war, and how decisions made during Reconstruction made the era a tumultuous time for the United States. By the end of the unit students will be able to describe the main causes of the Civil War, how the advantages that each side possessed determined the outcome of the war, and why Reconstruction was a tumultuous time for the United States. The students will also create an authentic performance task using the software Comic Life to create a series of political cartoons about the Civil War.