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Lesson 1 "Sherman's March"
 * **COURSE:** || **UNIT:** || **OBJECTIVES** ||
 * Lesson || Technology || Idea for lesson using technology || As a result of this lesson, students will be able to: ||
 * Research Project || Using the interest for research || Powerpoint presentation of 1861 || Articulate major causes and effects for the first year of the war ||
 * Soldier’s privations || Blogging || Difficulties of living in the field || Understand the important of civilians during wartime ||
 * Story of John Brown || Podcasting (like a radio show) || 3 part story of lifes and times of John Brown || Understand and articulate abolitionism in anti-bellum America ||
 * Last year of the war || Presenting || Word presentation of the events in 1864/5 || Identify major turning points of the war ||
 * Lives of soldiers, North and South || Making a movie || Movie addressing actual lives of Civil War soldiers || Address the differences in quality of life between soldiers ||
 * **Civil War in 4 minutes** || Using YouTube || **Overall timeline of the war** || **Quickly identify major events of the war** ||
 * States in the war || Mapping || **U.S. Map c.1850** || **Articulate how geography affected the war** ||
 * **Sherman’s March** || Digital Storytelling || **Web 2.0 project on “total war”** || **Understand why ending a war quickly is important to combatants** ||
 * **Scavenger hunt** || Google Tools || **Turning points of the war** || **Identify major reasons for Union victory** ||
 * **Areas of Union control** || Timeline || **Interactive timeline of territory captured and held in the war** || **Understand why the Union was able to effectively capture “rebel” territory** ||
 * **Finding primary sources** || Writing a book || **Lecture on importance of firsthand information** || **Write an effective research paper** ||
 * **Lives lost in the war** || Graphing || **Discuss the number of American casualties of war** || **Understand why this war helped to shape U.S. opinions and attitudes on war** ||

Lesson 2 "End of the War"

Lesson 3 "Turning points of the War

Lesson 4 "Timeline of the war"

Lesson 5 "U.S. c.1850"

Lesson 6 "Casualties of War"

Lesson 7 "Lives of Soldiers"

Lesson 8 "1861"

Lesson 9 "John Brown's War"

Lesson 10 "Research Project"

Lesson 11 "Opinions of the war"