Battles of the Civil War

This week in class we did a Civil War scavenger hunt to learn about all the battles that occurred during the civil war. To prepare for this scavenger hunt each person in the class was assigned a number and the description of a battle, but we weren't given the name of the battle. With the information from the description we had to find out watch battle we had. Once we found out what battle we all had, we made a Google doc with the name of the battle. where and when it took place, who the victor was and what theater it was located in. After we had all the information we made a QR code and a bitly so that other people could scan in during the scavenger. For this scavenger hunt I had to research the battle of Chickamauga. This battle occurred on the 19 & 20 of September and it took place in Catoosa and Walker County; the confederate was the victor and it was in the western theater. Here is a link to my Google document on the battle of Chickamauga and a picture of the battle.

The Battle of Chickamauga

Finally it was time for the scavenger hunt, first we put the QR codes that we printed out somewhere in the school and then we went around the school from battle to battle in order making sure to take notes on each battle. The essential questions for this lesson are, Who was the ultimate victor in each of the theaters of war: eastern, western or naval? What are some commonalities you can identify in the reasons for the results of the battle?

After the scavenger hunt, in class we made a padlet to decide who the ultimate victor was in each theaters of the war and what some of the commonalities were in the reasons for the result of the battle. The ultimate victor for the western theater was the union. In the eastern theater is was the confederate, and in the naval theater the union was also the victor. Some reasons for the union being the victor in the western theater is that  the union outnumbered the confederate in most of the battles in the west. The confederate had a lack of supplies like ammunition, this allowed the union to overpower the confederate and push their attack deeper into the south. Some reasons for the confederate being the victor in the eastern theater is because most of the of the military schools were in the south and that means that most of the graduates were confederate and they fought with the confederate army. Also in th eastern theater many more union soldiers were killed giving confederate more of an advantage. Finally, the reasons for the union to win the battle in the naval theater is because the union had more soldiers again than the confederate army giving the union soldiers the advantage. Something all three of these battle have in common considering the reason for the results is that they all have to do for lacking in supplies and soldiers giving the enemies the advantage to become victor. Here is our padlet that we made in class where most of this information was produced on.

Created with Padlet

http://padlet.com/KerryHawk02/2015BTheaters