Well the kayak school is back in session, and we hit the ground running. The students in my US History class are about to start studying one of the most pivotal moments in our countrie’s history, the Civil War. We spent all week analyzing the causes of the civil war and next week we will study the war itself.

Students will research the major battles of the Civil War and use this research to create a series of battle maps. Each map will describe a major battle of the war in order to help students understand how the war moved across the eastern US.

In addition to the map, students will create a comic strip style narrative, which will explain how the battles developed and were resolved. My students are always encouraged to be as creative as possible with their work and I am looking forward to seeing what they come up with.