Civil War Scavenger Hunt

To learn about the battles of the civil war in class we did a scavenger hunt. Each person in the class had to research about one battle, some people paired up because their were not enough battles. We had to find our evidence about each battle using reliable sources. To show what we learned we put all of the information we learned into a Google doc. The required information was the name of the battle, the location,  the date, the victor, the theater (East, West, Naval), at least 2 bullets explaining the results, and at least one image. Plus another requirement was no more than 60 words and all sources had to be cited. Once we were finished we had to make to doc accessible to our other classmates. So by editing the share options we made our Google doc accessible to anyone with the link, check it out below. To access he doc we used QR codes. This s a much faster than typing in the link. To create it we went to www.qrstuff.com and entered the URL into a box and just like that it was created. All we had to do after that was print it out. To organize the hunt with our classmates we talked to the battles before and after us so we could tell our location to the people before us so they could add it to their doc and we added the location of QR code of the group after us making it easier to go in order. We also made sure that our QR codes were not to far away from each other so other groups wouldn't have to waste a lot of time walking. We carried out the scavenger in class, using the class Ipads and are own devices to scan the QR codes. When we finished the scavenger hunt we all met back in class to use Padlet. Padlet is  is a virtual wall that allows several people to share their ideas all on the same page. By using Padlet we were able to get a great grasp on the concept and the essential questions. We used Padlet to summarize and discuss the essential questions of the lesson.

Essential Question #1
Who was the ultimate victor in each of the theaters: East, West, Naval?

Based on the evidence the Union is the ultimate winner. Although the South won most of the battles in the Eastern theater including the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Fort Sumter, Bull Run and Second Manassas, the Union still won the battles of Gettysburg, Sherman's March to the Sea, Appomattox Campaign, and Antietam. The western theater was much different though. The Union won every battle except for one. The Union won the battles of Fort Donelson Long, Battle of Shiloh, and the Siege of Vicksburg. The one loss the Union had in the western theater was the Battle of Chickamauga. The final theater is the naval theater.  Throughout the whole war the Union usually came out on top. For example the battle of Baton Rouge is an example of a naval battle when the Union clearly won the battle. Although there were some naval battle with "no clear winner" like the battle of Hampton Roads, the Confederates still retreated first. All in all in two of the three theaters the Union was the clear winner.

Essential Question #2
What are some commonalities you can identify in the reasons for the results of the battles?

In the beginning of the civil war the Confederates strategy seemed to work.  Their strategy of holding their ground and protecting their territory was much easier than the Unions who had to push forward through the Confederates defenses. Eventually though the Confederacy tried to expand (Battle of Antietam)  and they were unsuccessful. The North's endless waves of soldiers was eventually able to break the Confederates lines. The reasons that the Union is able to produce so many troops because of their population, ability to produce weapons, and ability to transport materials and food. Read more on the topic in my post titled "Infographic"

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