Civil War Scavenger Hunt

In class this past week, we were given the question, " Who was the ultimate victor in each theater of each of the theaters of war: East, West, and Naval?", as well as "What are some commonalities you can identify in the reasons for the results of the battles.". In order to get the information to answer these questions, either in a pair or on our own we were given a battle that took place in one of the theaters. We were then instructed to make 2 bullets with the important details of the battle, a picture involving the battle with a citation,  and put them on a google doc. Also, we had to link the google doc onto a QR Code and hang it up somewhere in the school. After giving our location to the person with the number after ours and getting the location from the person before us, we were ready to walk throughout the school, scanning the posters and gathering the information.

To find the ultimate victor of each theater, was a class we all contributed to a padlet , and under each theater we had to write who we thought dominated it and give examples of why. For the most part, the class thought the Union dominated all three theaters, however there were a few students who argued otherwise for the Eastern and Naval theater. However, for many of their arguments they chose battles that were a very close score. This activity helped answer the first essential question.

After the scavenger hunt we went through all of the battle as a class and talked about the way the battles all turned out and about the outcomes and similarities of the battles, which helped to answer the second essential question. Some commonalities between the battles were the way they were won, such as the battle of Cold Harbor and the Siege of Vicksburg, both of which the Union took advantage of the Confederate's short comings to get the upper hand and lead themselves to victory. Another Commonality is that in most cases the Union won, and mostly for the same reason such as tactics the Confederates wouldn't expect and having superior troops.

A depiction of my battle, Baton Rouge
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