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THE TRADITIONAL CIVIL WAR CURRICULUM BY THE AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUSTGOAL 4 LESSON PLAN ELEMENTARY1862: Antietam and EmancipationGRADES: ElementaryAPPROXIMATE LENGTH OF TIME: 50 minutesGOAL: Students will be able to discuss the meaning and impact of the EmancipationProclamation.OBJECTIVES:1. Students will be able to list and discuss the events leading up to the EmancipationProclamation.2. After reading the document, students will be able to discuss the meaning andsignificance of the Emancipation Proclamation.3. Students will identify one way the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation impactedthe war.COMMON CORE:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawinginferences from the text.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.7Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate ananswer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.NCSS STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES:1—Culture2—Time, Continuity, and Change3—People, Places, and Environment5—Individuals, Groups, and Institutions6—Power, Authority, and Governance9—Global Connections10—Civics, Ideals, and PracticesThe Traditional Civil War Curriculum ElementaryBattlefields.org
The Traditional Civil War Curriculum, Goal 41862: Antietam and EmancipationMATERIALS:1.2.3.4.5.6.7.Sticky NotesAntietam and Emancipation PowerPointTimelineGraphic OrganizerBattle of Antietam SummaryEmancipation Proclamation ExcerptEmancipation EssayVOCABULARY:Emancipation – The act of freeingProclamation – a public announcementRefugee – a person who left their home to find safetyANTICIPATORY SET/HOOK:1.2.3.4.Write on the board or use slide two: What does “emancipation” mean?As students enter the room, they will take a sticky note and write their answer on it.Discuss why this might be an important word during the Civil War.Have students place the sticky note on the top corner of their desk or work space.PROCEDURE:Print out the Antietam and Emancipation PowerPoint with notes prior to class. There arenotes included with the slides that can be on the printed slides, but won’t be seen by yourstudents during the presentation.Activity 11.Use the Antietam and Emancipation PowerPoint to guide the lesson.a. Hand out the Graphic Organizer, Timeline, Battle of Antietam Summary, andthe Emancipation Proclamation Excerpt.b. Have students use the Graphic Organizer throughout the Power Point, the otherpages will be referred to in the PowerPoint for activities.CLOSURE:1. Hand out the Emancipation Essay, and have students answer the question.ASSESSMENT IN THIS LESSON:1. Informal assessment through discussion questions throughout the PowerPoint.2. Students will have written a paragraph describing one way the EmancipationProclamation impacted the war.The Traditional Civil War Curriculum ElementaryBattlefields.org
Timeline – Spring-Summer 18621861 – First shots atFort Sumter. Firstmajor battle at BullRun (1st. Manassas).Some minor battles asstates secede,volunteers areorganized, leadershipis organized and ablockade of southernports is put into place.January, 1862 –Battle of MillSprings,Kentucky. UnionVictory. Allowedfor Union troopsto move intoTennessee.February,1862 – FortHenry andFortDonelson,both inTennessee,surrender toUnion forcesunder UlyssesS. Grant.March, 1862 –Battle of PeaRidge,Arkansas.Union victoryApril, 1862 –Battle ofShiloh,Tennessee.Unionvictory.April, 1862 –Battle ofYorktown,Virginia. No realvictor, theConfederateforces fall back.Spring, 1862 –Peninsula Campaignbegins. GeneralGeorge McClellanbegins to move hisUnion troops from thesouthern peninsula inVirginia to theConfederate capital,Richmond, Virginia.May-June, 1862 –Battle of SevenPines, Virginia. Noapparent victor,but CommandingConfederateGeneral Joseph E.Johnston isseverely injured.May, 1862 –Battle ofWilliamsburg,Virginia. No realvictor.Confederateforces continue tomove back.June 25 – July1, 1862 –Robert E. LeedefendsRichmond inwhat’s knownas The SevenDays Battles.Seven battlesin seven days.June, 1862 –Robert E. Leetakescommand ofthe Army ofNorthernVirginia.September,1862 – RobertE. Lee and theArmy ofNorthernVirginia enterMaryland,which is notpart of theConfederacy.August, 1862 –Robert E. Leebegins his movenorth withVictories at theBattle of CedarMountain, Virginiaand the Battle ofSecond Manassas,Virginia.Events with a black border take place on the western front ofthe war, basically anywhere south or west of Virginia.The Traditional Civil War Curriculum ElementaryBattlefields.org
The Traditional Civil War Curriculum,Goal 41862: Antietam and EmancipationName:Date:Emancipation ProclamationSEPTEMBER 22, 1862 ABRAHAM LINCOLNVOCABULARY:1.2.Year of our Lordcounting years fromthe birth of Christanother way of sayingA.D. or C.E.Designateda specific part3. RebellionA flight against acertain authority4. Thenceforwardfrom that time on5.Authoritypower6.Repressto keep under control7.Suitableappropriate or fitting8.Conditiona life situation orstate of being9.Contrabandslave who escaped tothe Union lines10. Garrisonto man a fort11. Vesselfloating navaltransport such as aboat, or ship.EXCERPT:Paragraph Two:"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord onethousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaveswithin any State or designated part of a State, the people whereofshall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then,thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government ofthe United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will dono act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any effortsthey may make for their actual freedom.Summary: On January 1, 1863, all people held as slaves that live in astate, which is part of the Confederacy (or rebellion) will beconsidered by the United States to be forever free. The executivegovernment and military will enforce the freeing of enslavedindividuals.Paragraph Eight: And I further declare and make known, that such persons ofsuitable condition [freed contraband], will be received into thearmed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions,stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in saidservice.Summary: Freed slaves will be allowed into the military.The Traditional Civil War Curriculum ElementaryBattlefields.org
The Traditional Civil War Curriculum,Goal 41862: Antietam and EmancipationName:Date:Battle of Antietam SummaryLOCATION: Washington County, MarylandDATE(S): September 17, 1862COMMANDERS: Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan [United States] versus Gen. Robert E. Lee[Confederate States]ESTIMATED CASUALTIES (DIED, INJURED, OR CAPTURED: 22,700 totalSUMMARY: In September 1862, Confederate general Robert E. Lee left the South and moved hisarmy into Maryland. No one could be sure exactly what he planned to do, but in an incrediblestroke of luck, a copy of Lee’s plans (which had been wrapped around three cigars) wasdiscovered by Union soldiers and given to Union general George B. McClellan. Knowing Lee’splan, on September 17, 1862, McClellan’s army attacked Lee’s army at Antietam Creek inMaryland.The Battle of Antietam (also called the Battle of Sharpsburg) was the bloodiest single day inAmerican history. Lee lost 10,300 men to death, injury, or capture, and McClellan lost 12,400.However, having limited reinforcements and supplies, Lee was forced to retreat, and the Northdeclared the battle a Union victory. Even though the Union won, it did not continue to chaseand fight Lee’s army. Since Lee and his army got away, the war did not end here; more battleswere to come.The Traditional Civil War Curriculum ElementaryBattlefields.org
The Traditional Civil War Curriculum, Goal 41862: Antietam and EmancipationSummer 1862 – Issues Lincoln isdealing with.September 22, 1862 EmancipationProclamation issued.How does the EmancipationProclamation impact these issues?The Traditional Civil War Curriculum ElementaryBattlefields.org
The Traditional Civil War Curriculum, Goal 41862: Antietam and EmancipationIncreasing pressurefrom abolitionistsseekingemancipationLarge numbers of slavesare leaving their ownersand entering Union armycamps as refugeesLoss of battles leads toless war support fromUS citizensWith the successat Antietam andRobert E. Lee’sretreat, supportfor the war hasincreasedRisk of foreigninvolvementAntietam shows theUnion’s ability to win.Now that the warincludes freeing theslaves, Europe decidesnot to get involvedAbolitionists see theEmancipation Proclamationas a step in the rightdirection for emancipationfor all slavesThe Traditional Civil War Curriculum ElementaryFor refugees, it is nowofficially the military andnavy’s responsibility to,“recognize and maintain thefreedom of said persons.”Battlefields.org
The Traditional Civil War Curriculum,Goal 41862: Antietam and EmancipationName:Date:Emancipation EssayDiscuss one way the EmancipationProclamation changed the war.Be sure to use a direct quote from theEmancipation Proclamation in your essay.The Traditional Civil War Curriculum ElementaryBattlefields.org
Antietam and Emancipation PowerPoint to guide the lesson. a. Hand out the Graphic Organizer, Timeline, Battle of Antietam Summary, and the Emancipation Proclamation Excerpt. b. Have students use the Graphic Organizer throughout the Power Point, the other pages will be referred to in the PowerPoint for activities. CLOSURE: 1. Hand out the .
