Civil War Challenge Spring, 2016

Tamanend Middle School

Civil War Challenge

When The team is divided;

classmate against classmate;

friend against friend;

brother against brother;

it’s no longer a game…it’s Civil War

Spring, 2013

General Landis

General McFarland

Name ______

Regiment ______

When the Team is divided;

classmate against classmate; friend against friend;

brother against brother; it’s no longer a game…

it’sCivil War

Battle Plan-

Each member of the team will be drafted into state regiments (consisting of 3-5 soldiers) who will fight in the Union (Northern) or Confederate (Southern) army. Each state regiment will work to earn the respect of their general. The stronger the regiment performs, the more General Landis,General McFarland,and General Kern will award them by giving them more soldiers. You will be working to increase the number of soldiers in your regiment, which will in turn increase the size of your army.

Each regiment must immediately choose a commander, secretary, quartermaster, and a scout. These choices must be written on a note card with your state’s name and turned in to General Landis,General McFarland,or General Kern on the first day of the War.

Regiments at war-

Union-

Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York,Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin

Confederacy-

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia Company A, Georgia Company B, Louisiana Company A, Louisiana Company B, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina Company A, South Carolina Company B, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia Company A, & Virginia Company B

Expanding your Regiment-

Each regiment can be awarded more soldiers or have soldiers taken from them based on the following factors:

  1. HW completion
  2. Quality of assignments (soldier journal, quizzes, maps, speeches…)
  3. Discipline of your regiment
  4. Luck (game cards and the role of the dice)
  5. Victories in various head to head “battles” of knowledge
  6. Victories on various “battle tasks” (mini projects)
  7. Preparedness for battle (having your book, flags, notebooks…)
  8. Victories in Civil War Day battles (Town Ball, company streets, reenactments…)
  9. Be ready for the unexpected!!!!!!!

Victory-

Victory in the Civil War is obtained by having the largest force of on the final day of the war. General Landis/General McFarland/General Kern will be rewarding 2 groups.

  1. The first group to be recognized will be the winning army-Union or Confederate.
  2. The second, and more prestigious award, will be given to the winning state.

Weeks 1& 2 Required Reading and Homework

You are responsible for knowing the information on these pages when you come to class!

The date listed is NOTthe night you read the information! It is the date you must have the reading finished!

Tuesday, March 22– Read 21.3 and 21.4 –Missouri Compromise

Wednesday, March 23– Read 21.5 and 21.6A – Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Law,Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Thursday, March 31 – Read 21.6B – Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bloodshed in Kansas, Violence in Congress

Friday, April 1 – Read 21.7– The Dred Scott Case

Weeks 1& 2 Battles

This list of battles DOES NOTinclude surprise attacks, which can come at anytime from Generals Landis,McFarland,andKern.

BATTLE # 1–Creating a State Game Piece/Monument (due on Wednesday, 3/23)

Your regiment or company must design a game piece. This piece must be no larger than 8 ½” x 11”, and 16” in height. Your game piece must be 3D and include your state name, 3 facts about your state’s role in the 1850’s and 60’s, and have an element of creativity, which sets it apart from the other regiments.Your facts must include 1 fact about your state’s economy, 1 fact about your state’s geography, 1 fact about your state’s culture. Your state will brainstorm ideas in class Monday, 3/21, compile information and materials Monday night, and construct your game piece with the 30 minutes given in class Tuesday, 3/22. Work hard, be prepared, and stay organized-you will be strictly held to your deadline of 30 minutes!

10,000soldiers will be awarded to the best regiment in each army. Soldiers will be awarded to each regiment based on the placement of your game-piece.

BATTLE # 2–Congressional Debate concerning the Fugitive Slave Law (during class on Wednesday, 3/23)

You are representing your state in the Senate. Today the senate will be debating the constitutionality and effectiveness of the Fugitive Slave Law (a key component of the Compromise of 1850). The debate will take place in three steps: First, your state will have 10 minutes to write down as many quality arguments for or against the Fugitive Slave Law as possible. Next, your state will combine forces with the other two regiments from your Army and you will be given 10 minutes to choose the best 5 arguments supporting your side’s view on the Fugitive Slave Law. Finally, the General will choose 5 people at random from each army to stand and argue their side’s points. Each argument will be rated on a scale of 1-5 and then the points will be totaled to determine which army presented the stronger arguments.

2500soldiers awarded to the winning army.

BATTLE #3–Write a letter to the Little Lady who started the Big War (during class on Wednesday, 3/30)

After reading an excerpt of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, each soldier in your regiment will be asked to write a letter to Harriet Beecher Stowe about the impact of her novel. The General is looking for you to be accurate, creative, and emotional in your letter. One soldier from each regiment will be randomly chosen to read their letter out loud.

1500soldiers awarded to the winning regiment in each army.

BATTLE # 4 – Dramatic song/rap of the violent events over slavery in Kansas(during class on Thursday, 3/31)

Each regiment will be given 30 minutes to write and prepare a song/rap about the events that occurred during “Bleeding Kansas.” Your rap/song should be 16 lines and be from the perspective of Anti-Slavery Free Stators or Pro-Slavery Border Ruffians. Your rap/song must give an accurate, creative, and enthusiastic account of the events that occurred in Kansas and in Congress! You may also assign one member to create cover art for that song/album.

1000 soldiers awarded to the winning regiment in each army.

BATTLE #5 – Dred Scott Political Cartoon (during class on Friday, 4/1)

In 1857 the Supreme Court heard the case of a slave arguing for his freedom. Their decision had an incredible impact on slaves and the spread of slavery in the west. Using the information from the reading you will create a political cartoon that accurately portrays the outcome and impact of the case.

2000 soldiers awarded to the winning regiment.

Week 3Required Reading and Homework

Monday, April 4– Read 21.8 - Lincoln/Douglas Debates, John Brown’s Raid

Thursday, April 7 – Read 21.9 – Election and Secession

Friday, April 8 – Complete the 1st half of the “Causes” review sheet

Monday, April 11 – Complete the 2nd half of the “Causes” review sheet – Assessment Today!!

Week 3 Battles

BATTLE #6 – Trial of John Brown (prep in class on Monday, 4/4 and Tuesday, 4/5, held in class Wednesday, 4/6)

John Brown, the radical abolitionist, has been caught by Federal Officials after the attempted capture of the Federal Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. Several months have passed and John Brown must now go to trial. The charges brought against him are murder in the 1st degree for the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre and conspiracy to commit treason at Harper’s Ferry.

Each Army will choose 2 attorneys to represent them during this trial and 2 judges to determine the fate of John Brown. Southerners will act as the Prosecution and the northerners will act as the Defense. Each army will also choose witnesses to interview during the trial. The remaining members of each Army will act as assistants to each other role. Upon completion of the preparation each side will present their case to a 5-person panel. The judges will then determine the guilt or innocence of John Brown.

10000soldiers will be awarded to the winning Army.

BATTLE #7 – Political Rally (during class on Thursday, 4/7)

Vision of America, 1859 – Lexington, KY

Abraham Lincoln is running on the Republican ticket and the favorite for the Election of 1860. The southern states, with the support of Jefferson Davis, see this as a threat to their well being and are prepared to respond if Lincoln is elected.

The Northern Army will choose 1 person to represent Abraham Lincoln and 2 people to act as speechwriters. The Southern Army will choose 1 person to represent Jefferson Davis and 2 speechwriters. Both Armies will be given 30 minutes to prepare a speech supporting the election of Lincoln or denouncing the election of Lincoln. The remaining regiment members will create a campaign rally sign, (1 per regiment) which will be posted during the speech. Each speech must be 1 to 1 ½minutes in length and presented at the rally. Each Lincoln and Davis will deliver their speech with passion and convictionto the people of America to earn soldiers for their regiment.

2500 soldiers will be awarded to the winning Army,

and an additional 500 for the best campaign poster in each Army.

Battle #8 – Review Battle for Causes of the Civil War Assessment (during class on Friday, 4/8)

Regiments from the North and South will go head to head to play a review game for the last battle before the assessment. This game, of all games, will make the Hunger Games look like a casual game of checkers. (In other words, IT’S GOING TO BE CRAZY). There will blood, tears, sweat, heroes, losers, and, most importantly, legends to be commemorated.

1500 soldiers will be awarded to the winning Army.

Battle #9 – Assessment on the Causes of the Civil War (during class on Monday, 4/11)

As the war draws ever closer, you will prove to General Landis/McFarland/Kern/Higgins how much you have learned from all of the battles you have taken part in. Students will take an assessment (45 points) on the Causes of the Civil War to see which regiment in each class has mastered the most skills.

5,000 soldiers will be awarded to the regiment with the highest average.

Missouri Compromise 21.3 and 21.4 (due Tuesday, 3/22)

  1. What were the three decisions in the Missouri Compromise?
  1. Paraphrase John Quincy Adams’s diary entry to explain how he felt about the Missouri Compromise.

I have favored this Missouri compromise, believing it to be all that could be effected [accomplished] under the present Constitution, and from extreme unwillingness to put the Union at hazard [risk]. If the Union must be dissolved, slavery is precisely the question on which it ought to break. For the present, however, the contest is laid asleep.

21.4

  1. What was John Quincy Adams’s 1839 antislavery proposal? What was the gag rule, and how did it affect his proposal?
  1. How did the fugitive slave issue and the Wilmot Proviso pull the nation apart?

Fugitive slave issue:

Wilmot Proviso:

  1. Why did Northerners in Congress accept California’s application for statehood while Southerners rejected it?

Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Law, Uncle Tom’s Cabin 21.5 and 21.6A (due Wednesday, 3/23)

  1. List four details of Henry Clay’s plan to end the deadlock over the issue of California statehood.
  2. Write a new sentence to correct the errors in this sentence: Northerners and Southerners easily accepted the terms of the Compromise of 1850 and put their suspicions to rest once it had been passed.

21.6A

List two key details to describe this event in the chart. Also explain how it pulled the nation apart.

Events After the Compromise of 1850 / Two Key Details / How the Event Pulled the Nation Apart
Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published

Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bloodshed in Kansas, Violence in Congress 21.6B (due Thursday, 3/31)

List two key details to describe each event in the chart. Also explain how each event pulled the nation apart.

Events After the Compromise of 1850 / Two Key Details / How the Event Pulled the Nation Apart
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
Raid on Lawrence, Kansas
Beating of Senator Sumner

The Dred Scott Case 21.7 (due Friday, 4/1)

  1. Why did Dred Scott argue that he should be freed from slavery?
  1. Choose and explain the two most important decisions that came out of the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision.
  1. Fill in the speech bubbles to show two different reactions to the Dred Scott decision.

Lincoln/Douglas Debates,John Brown’s Raid21.8 (due Monday, 4/4)

  1. Besides helping Stephen Douglas win the 1858 Senate race in Illinois, what were two other results of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
  1. Why did John Brown attempt to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

Election and Secession 21.9 (due Thursday, 4/7)

  1. Create a newspaper headline to show how most Southerners reacted to the election of Lincoln in 1860.
  1. What happened in the South on each of these dates?

December 20, 1860:

February 1861:

  1. What did Lincoln state about secession in his inaugural address on March 4, 1861? What was his appeal to the rebellious Southern states?
  1. Create a newspaper headline to show how most Northerners reacted to the events at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.

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