Why
did General
Sherman March to the Sea?
Table of Contents
GPS
Rationale
SS5H1
The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of
the
Civil War.
c.
Identify major battles and campaigns: Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the
Atlanta
Campaign,
Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Appomattox Court House.
Rationale
I
picked this topic because Sherman's March to the Sea is an important
part
of Georgia history.
It reminds people that one can overcome and raise
again from the ashes.
Sherman's
March to the Sea by the Lee Foundation
This website has detailed
information on all the battles of the
Civil War.
This particlar link goes to the
page about Sherman's March
to the Sea.
Cherokee
Rose's website on the Civil War
This webpage has an overview of
Sherman's March to the Sea.
It also has
a primary source map of the March to Atlanta.
Georgia
Info
This website gives you many
links to primary sources,
such as letters
that were written at the time of the Civil War.
The Great Locomotive Chase
This
site is about an important event that happened during the Sherman's
March
to the Sea.
The Union soliders stole a train in north Georgia.
If you
want to know how they did this, just click the link.
New
Georgia Encyclopedia
This webpage has general infornmantion on Sherman's March to the Sea.
Title: Singing A
Civil War Song -- The students will sing a song from the Civil War era.
PLO: Student will
write at least 3 places where Union soliders fought at during
Sherman's March to the Sea.
Materials:
When
Sherman Marched Down to the Sea, 1865
Procedures
- The teacher should make enough copies of "When Sherman
Marched Down to the Sea, 1865" for every student.
- Click on the link "Listen to WHEN
SHERMAN MARCHED DOWN TO THE SEA while you read the lyrics" to hear
the music that goes along with the song. You will need Windows Media
Player or Real Player.
- Have the students sing the song.
- The students should identify the names where some of the
major battles of the march happened.
Product: The students will write a
short paragrah about where the soliders fought at and what the song
said they did at each place.
Activity II
Title: Mapping The March
PLO: The student will identify the major locations
affected by Sherman's
March to the Sea.
Materials:
Procedures:
- Have the students explore the
websites to gather infomation about the trail of the march and where
the major battles happened.
- Then have the students use the
infomation they gathered to make their own map of Sherman's March to
the Sea.
- The map should include the places
where the army went. If the place
is called something else today, the new name needs to be in parentheis
next to the old name. A star should be placed where the major battles
happened.
Product: The students will make a
map of Sherman's March of the Sea.
Acitivty III
Title: Debating
Savannah's Fate
PLO: The student will understanding the consquese of
military action during
the civil war.
Materials:
Georgia
Info
Paper
Pen
Procedures:
- Have the students research reasons to or not to burn
Savannah by having them look at letters and other primary sources
from the webpage above.
- Then have the teams split into the two sides, For Burning
Savannah and Not Burning Savannah.
- Each time will create an outline of thier major points
supporting their side of the debate.
- Each team will choose one person to give the opening statement,
arugement, and the closing statement.
- Then have the two sides debate the issues in front of the
class.
- Have the student vote on whether or not to burn Savannah.
(optional)
Product: The students will prepare a
debate concerning whether or not to burn Savannah.
Title: Microsoft Word 2003
Published
by: Microsoft
This
software is good to use with any age and can be used with any
subject. A teacher
could make a graphic organizer that the students can fill in later or
students could make and fill out the graphic organizer in MS
Word. The only problem I see with this software is that the user
has to be instructed on how to use the diagram feature in MS Word.
Title: Timeliner 5.0
Published
by: Tom Snyder Productions
This is a
great program that can be used in any subject. This program can be used
to help students organize the events of
Sherman's March to the Sea in a chronlogical timeline.
Title: Civil War Multimedia Collection CD
Published
by: Teacher Created Resources
This
software is a good resource for teachers that are teaching the Civil
War. The program has video clips, audio clips, pictures, documents, and
ideas for activities.
Include
on the CD are video clips of reactments of Sherman's March to the Sea
that can be used by teachers when giving a whole-group lecture to
students about the Civil War in Georgia. The
teacher would need a presentation system in her room to use the video
and audio cilps in this software in this manner. The software only cost
about $20.00.
Title: Inspirer History Series: The Civil
War Inspirer
Published
by: Tom Snyder Productions
This is a
good software to reinforce information about the Civil War. It also
helps develop students' problem solving skills and social skills. This
software is an interactive problem solving game. In this program
students take on
roles as major characters in the Civil War. The students work as a team
to solve the game. The only
problem that I foresee in this program is that the students will have
to spented a lot of time building background information to be
successfully using this program.
Title: The Civil War
Published
by: Rocky Mountain Learning Systems
This
software is a good source of information for teachers or students
concerning the Civil War. There are images, a multimedia presentation,
and quiz questions with explanations. It only cost $15.00.
