The Civil War Begins

Today’s history class was the far most exciting and fun of all the classes I had! We learned more about the civil war which we started with Fort Sumter last week before the break. We learned about the start of the Civil War which contained group activities. Mr. Armstrong had power point presentations, text books, hand outs, visuals, and activities to help us with our learning.
We got a visual of the map of America and set the borders for the North and the South on the map. It helped me learn easier of where the state’s positions were in when the secession of the South occurred. It helped me a lot, because it was a visual and one picture contains a thousand words.
This time, our class focused on the individual and spread out to the general’s opinion. Mr. Armstrong gave an example of paint ball survival and we shared our personal experience and laughed. We also did a simulation with the fake South and the North. We had the fake North and the South and each pod chose a leader and Mr. Armstrong called the leaders out and gave out plans. The leaders came back and told the plan to the pod members and the North took the South’s belongings away. The only person in the South that protected his belongings was Jae Song. The guy that got shot in the back in paint ball survival “Eddie” was brave enough to steal a bag from the North. It was really fun and hilarious.
We also discussed about the North and the South’s advantages I was amazed that the North had so many advantages over the South and the Civil War lasted for 4 years. But I soon learned that the South had better educated generals. I also learned the importance of education and that it could be the best weapon in war.


Claire J. 8D