Use multimedia (video clips, your own summaries, and primary-source photos) to create a timeline on Prezi.com of the major battles, events, and key players of the Civil War:
Major Battles
Major Events
Key Players
Other
Each event/battle/profile must include 3 parts:
Due Friday, April 8 to present to the class
Major Battles
- Fort Sumpter and the Battle of Bull Run
- Battle of Shiloh and Antietam
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Battle of Vicksburg
Major Events
- Election of 1860
- Succession of South Carolina and several Southern states
- The creation of the Confederate States of America
- The division between the Confederacy and the Union
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Gettysburg Address
Key Players
- Abraham Lincoln
- Jefferson Davis
- General Winfield Scott
- Robert E. Lee
- Ulysses S. Grant
- George McClellan
- Stonewall Jackson
Other
- You must add 2 other elements (battles, events, players, etc.) Add anything you find interesting that you want to teach to the class!
Each event/battle/profile must include 3 parts:
- a summary (NOT PLAGIARIZED) of the main facts (your textbook is a good source for this);
- the inclusion of at least 1 primary source (quote, photo, etc.); and
- a photo or video that helps explain the event.
Due Friday, April 8 to present to the class