Civil War

This WiloStar3D virtual world homeschooling module starts with events leading up to the Civil War. It continues through the Civil War looking at the life and times during the war. Students look at the economic, social, and cultural differences between the North and South and how events after the Compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott decision impacted sectional differences, southern justification for secession, the presidential leadership of Buchanan and Lincoln during the secession crisis.
This module also looks at the different groups of people shaped the Civil War and the effects of divided loyalties.
 

Objectives:

  • The students will assess the effects of Uncle Tom's Cabin on Americans in both the North and the South.
  • The students will explain how the Kansas-Nebraska Act destroyed hopes for sectional peace.
  • The students will explain reactions to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
  • The students will analyze the effects of the surrender of Fort Sumter.
  • The students will relate the strengths and weaknesses of the Union and the Confederacy to the overall war strategy and objectives.
  • The students will describe the contributions of African-Americans to both sides during the Civil War.
  • The students will describe the impact of the war on the home front in the North and South.
    Assessment

Students complete a variety of written assignments and final projects to assess progress. All work is archived in individual student folders at the WiloStar3D site. Final multimedia projects are showcased at the WiloStar3D site and are archived into personal student portfolio CD's at the end of the school year to document progress and student grow.

WiloStar3D teachers provide written daily feedback on all student assignments. Students have password protected learning portals where assignment feedback is stored along with their e-gradebook. Students have access to this area 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

These include

Daily Assignments
Pre-civil war online quiz
Mini-web on a Civil War battle
Build a battlefield in Wiloworlds