Civil War UnitLesson 3 – Two Sides: The North and the South

ObjectivesThe students will develop an understanding of

how culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and regions.

The student will be able to label the Northern and Southern states on a United States map.

The student will be able to identify the differences in lifestyles of the people in the North and the people in the South.

Vocabulary WordsSecede – to pull away from

Confederacy – the group of Southern states who seceded from the North during the Civil War

Union – to stay together as one, also the group of northern states during the Civil War

Review

What is the Civil War?

The Civil War is when two parts of the same country are fighting against one another.

What were they fighting for?

Some didn’t want slavery and they had different ways of life.

Who wanted slaves and why?

The south wanted slaves to help farm the large plantations.

Free and Slave States

“Since the North and the South could not agree, the South decided to pull away or “secede” from the Northern states and form the Confederate states. The Northern states that were still together were called the Union.”

Cut out you map and trace out the borders for the states. color the free states blue and the slave states grey. Then color the territories red.

The Union and The Confederate

Who had more states?

The Union

Most of the fighting was done in the South.

Each side had its own president and armies.

The Union and The Confederate

Ulysses S. Grant

led the Union army

Abraham Lincolnwho had just been

elected President led the north

The Union and The Confederate

Robert E. Leeled the Confederate

army

Jefferson Daviswas the Southern

President We will study these men in a couple of days to find out more about them

The North and the South had different symbols to represent them. One symbol was the flag

The Union and The Confederate

Color the flags and glue in your journal

The Union and The Confederate

Check for UnderstandingWhat is the Civil War?

What were they fighting for?

Which two sides were fighting?

What does secede mean?