In class, the teacher started a new lesson called Civil war battle scavenger hunts. The essential questions were, "Who was the Ultimate victor in each of the theaters of war: East,West,Naval? What are some common tail you can identity in the reasons for the results of the battles?" To help understand and answer these questions each student looked at a description of many battles. Each student then chose the battle description they were interested and found information on the battle such as the name,date, location, victor and description of the battle. After students found information on their battle, they were then assigned to create a QR code and print it out. Students then posted their QR code around the school and then scanned onto other people's code to find out their battle. Students were to take notes on the battles that they scanned onto to answer the essential question. Later the teacher assigned to answer these questions on a website called padlet:Who was the ultimate "victor" in each of the theaters. Was the ultimate victor winning all along? What are some commonalities you can identify in the reasons for the results of the battle?
This is the pad let that the class created to understand why the Confederate won in the East and why the Union won in the West and Naval.
Based on the information that was collected in class, the ultimate victor in the Eastern theater was the confederacy. One of the reasons why the Confederacy was the general winner was because the south was already accustomed to the area. The East was densely populated so they were able to easily attack the Union. Since the North invaded the Southern territory, the South fought defensive battles. For example, the union was the victor in the Battle of Bull Run. The large simultaneous mass assaults in the war crushed the union which caused them to retreat. Another example of a confederate victory was the Battle of Chancellorsville. The confederates ambushed the Union troops in a defensive position, the attack was overwhelming, the Union troops railed and counter attacked.
On the other hand, the Union was the ultimate victor in the West and Naval theater. South had a poor navy while the Union had an advance navy. Union also controlled most of the ports already because of their anaconda plan which was a previous strategic plan of attack. the Union won the Battle of Baton Rouge because they came under protection of their gunboats. Also, the Arkansas ship’s engine broke which made it impossible for the Confederate to battle. The union ultimately won in the West because they were superior to the confederacy. they were also well prepared and had more supplies. The battle of Fort Henry was a successful win because the Union outnumbered the confederacy. They also won the Battle of Shiloh because the confederate army had less than 30,000 men so the Union easily outnumbered them with more than 40,000 soldiers.
Based on the information that was collected in class, the ultimate victor in the Eastern theater was the confederacy. One of the reasons why the Confederacy was the general winner was because the south was already accustomed to the area. The East was densely populated so they were able to easily attack the Union. Since the North invaded the Southern territory, the South fought defensive battles. For example, the union was the victor in the Battle of Bull Run. The large simultaneous mass assaults in the war crushed the union which caused them to retreat. Another example of a confederate victory was the Battle of Chancellorsville. The confederates ambushed the Union troops in a defensive position, the attack was overwhelming, the Union troops railed and counter attacked.
On the other hand, the Union was the ultimate victor in the West and Naval theater. South had a poor navy while the Union had an advance navy. Union also controlled most of the ports already because of their anaconda plan which was a previous strategic plan of attack. the Union won the Battle of Baton Rouge because they came under protection of their gunboats. Also, the Arkansas ship’s engine broke which made it impossible for the Confederate to battle. The union ultimately won in the West because they were superior to the confederacy. they were also well prepared and had more supplies. The battle of Fort Henry was a successful win because the Union outnumbered the confederacy. They also won the Battle of Shiloh because the confederate army had less than 30,000 men so the Union easily outnumbered them with more than 40,000 soldiers.
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