Standard(s):
[SS2010] USS5 (5) 11 : 11 ) Identify causes of the Civil War, including states' rights and the issue of slavery.
Describing the importance of the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner's insurrection, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's rebellion, and the election of 1860
Recognizing key Northern and Southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler (Alabama)
Describing social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War
Identifying Alabama's role in the Civil War (Alabama)
Examples: Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession (Alabama)
Locating on a map sites important to the Civil War
Examples: Mason-Dixon Line, Fort Sumter, Appomattox, Gettysburg, Confederate states, Union states (Alabama)
Explaining events that led to the conclusion of the Civil War
[ELA2015] (5) 24 : 24 ) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. [W.5.3]
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator, characters, or both; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. [W.5.3a]
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. [W.5.3b]
c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. [W.5.3c]
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. [W.5.3d]
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. [W.5.3e]