1. Complete a First Word Activity, using the term sectionalism. This strategy offers teachers the opportunity to quickly preassess student’ knowledge based about the time period. WIKI
2. Provide students with the following list of slang terms that originated during the Civil War Era. Ask them to identify (or guess) at their meaning. Civil War Slang. WIKI
chief cook and bottle washer
greenhorn
sheet iron
snug as a bug
bread basket
sawbones
greenbacks
skedaddle
Arkansas toothpick
hornets
fit to be tied
blowhard
horse sense
fit as a fiddle
hunkey dorey
uppity
scarce as hen’s teeth
played out
toeing the mark
wallpapered
Hard case
goobers
bluff
whipped
jailbird
number one
hard knocks
bully
been through the mill
fresh fish
3. Look at the chart for the Causes of the Civil War. Direct students to simply enter a check if the event should be classified under the causes of the war that are listed across the top of the chart. When done, conduct a discussion with students where they justify the associations they made. Ask them to analyze their charts and determine which of the causes was the most influential/responsible for bringing on a war. WIKI
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4.Look at the chart below for important vocabulary terms or phrases from the unit, such as the one that follows. Students are to complete the middle and last column by recording definitional information and them drawing a memory clue. WIKI
Introuduction: We will discuss in class.
1. Complete a First Word Activity, using the term sectionalism. This strategy offers teachers the opportunity to quickly preassess student’ knowledge based about the time period. WIKI
2. Provide students with the following list of slang terms that originated during the Civil War Era. Ask them to identify (or guess) at their meaning.
Civil War Slang. WIKI
4.Look at the chart below for important vocabulary terms or phrases from the unit, such as the one that follows. Students are to complete the middle and last column by recording definitional information and them drawing a memory clue. WIKI