https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr Social Studies Methods - Choice #1 en-us 2016-09-26 00:17:15 UTC 2016-12-11 23:23:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png burtonxo https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126246876 This political cartoon will help students analyze the factors that contributed to and arose during the American Civil War. Although not as significant as the disagreement of slavery, goods played a part in the Civil War.. The North believed there should be high tariffs on imports to protect their businesses from foreign competition, while the South wanted low tariffs on goods because of their exchange agreements with different countries of products such as cotton. Once the war began, internal trade between the North and the South halted, leaving the North without cotton for clothing and the South without corn for food.]]> 2016-09-26 00:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126246876 burtonxo https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126250826 These maps and graphs, particularly #8 and #15, help show a visual representation of economic factors contributing to slavery in the South. Many of the maps show progression from pre-war to the breaking point of war. These maps show the effect of the Industrial Revolution on cotton production in the South, the shift of population from North to South of slaves to work on cotton plantations that required mass labor, and the North's large economic advantage during the war. The amount of different graphs and maps allows for students to be grouped to analyze and research further]]> 2016-09-26 01:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126250826 burtonxo https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126252257 This short article gives a summary of the differences between the North and South. Students can easily read through this article with a partner and create a list of differences and how each difference, be it climate, geography, transportation, etc., led up to the Civil War. Students can then discuss how it contributed to either side positively or negatively. From there I would have students create a drawing based on one of the differences they read to engage students' interest in art.]]> 2016-09-26 01:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126252257 burtonxo https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126253156 This interactive timeline lets students move throughout the Civil War. Each "stop" has either a video or image attached that gives further explanation of the event. This lets students explore on their own and has multiple forms of information all in one place ready for students to open and dig through, all while keeping them in the timeline instead of taking to outside sources. It includes exact days at the bottom and is easy to maneuver through. Students could also create their own timeline from this site, including articles, videos, or images they find, and share them with their classmates. ]]> 2016-09-26 02:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126253156 burtonxo https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126254885 This 4 minute video from the History Channel is visually stimulating and provides meaningful information in a concise and appealing manner. It covers pre-Industrialization and economic growth prior to the Civil War, as well as the beginning of the war. The video contained both reenactments and digital graphics to assist the viewer's understanding and make connections between separate events. The video is short enough for an activity to go along with it and concise enough for students to take away points rather than a large amount of information in a long video that students will forget. ]]> 2016-09-26 02:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126254885 burtonxo https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126255416 This image portrays the African Americans that served in the Union Army. African Americans served in both armies, however the Union Army allowed Black soldiers to enlist in 1862 whereas the Confederate Army made a last-minute effort to enlist Blacks in 1865 at the end of the war thinking it would help their cause. This image could be used for students to debate first whether they think this is a photo of Confederate or Union soldiers and state their case. Students could also be given the knowledge that over 200,00 African Americans served in the Army and Navy and compare that to the populations in the North and South]]> 2016-09-26 02:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126255416 burtonxo https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126259425 This site offers some of the correspondence letters from African American soldiers serving in the Civil War for the Union. It also provides some background to the enlisting of African American soldiers into the Army. These are excerpts from letters and typed out to make reading easier and take away some of the difficulty of translating between English used in the 1800s versus present-day. ]]> 2016-09-26 03:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/burtonxo/ae0q6q8vv9nr/wish/126259425