Grade 5 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 19, Lesson 3

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
America Will Be

Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 19, Lesson 3: The End of the War (pp. 489-493)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Change The North's victory in the Civil War reunited a United States that was profoundly different from what it had been before the war.

Have students study the map on page 490 and the chart on page 491. Remind students that much of the old South, an important agricultural region before the war, was destroyed during the Civil War and that about 620,000 American soldiers died. Ask students what they think these events meant to the nation's future. How might the abolishment of slavery and the assassination of President Lincoln affect relations within the newly reunited nation?

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Divide students into several small groups. Explain that each group will create a special issue of a community newspaper covering Lee's surrender and the end of the war. You may want to have some newspapers available for them to look at for ideas. Encourage them to assign people specific tasks, such as reporting and layout.
Have students study the images in the lesson. Then have each student draw two pictures -- the first showing how a southern city may have looked after the war and the second showing how a northern city may have looked after the war. Later, discuss what differences and what similarities exist between the two pictures.

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