2. Indicators Standard3.1.7 Chronological Thinking, Historical Comprehension, Analysis and Interpretation, Research: Distinguish between fact and fiction in historical accounts by comparing documentary sources on historical figures and events with fictional characters and events in stories. Example: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) and Harriet Tubman
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4. Civil War – A war between regions in the same country. From 1861 to 1865, the war fought between eleven states of the South and the rest of the nation. The North’s victory resulted in restoring the unity of all the states and ending slavery.
5. Confederacy – Group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61.
6. Union – The northern states during the Civil War which remained with the original United States government.
8. North – The free states north of Maryland and the Ohio River, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.
9. South – The slaveholding states, including Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
10. Emancipation Proclamation – The statement, or proclamation, issued by President Lincoln, declaring that all slaves in the states still fighting for the Confederacy would become officially free on January 1, 1863.
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12. Activities First, I will read the books Abes’s Honest Words by Doreen Rappaport and Young Abe Lincoln: The Frontier Days by Cheryl Harness to the class. Abe’s Honest Words By: Doreen Rappaport Young Abe Lincoln By: Cheryl Harness
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14. I will ask them to consider which episode or incident moved, touched, or influenced them the most.
