Lesson: The American Civil War’s Impact on the United States and the World

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit

Created by: Jennifer Bellantoni, Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic School

Subjects: Social Studies

Grade Levels: 6-8

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Overview: This lesson will examine the impact of the American Civil War on Philadelphia and the world.

Objectives: Students will demonstrate an understanding that the American Civil War had a great impact economically, culturally, politically, and socially on the United States and the world, specifically but not limited to Europe and Asia.

The Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit

This lesson is one of 29 lessons (K-12, all subjects) in the Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit. The goal of the Tool Kit is to help educators and their students develop a transnational analysis in their classrooms by using complex themes of world heritage as a framework to understand global regions across disciplines. These themes include shared architectural, cultural, economic, environmental, political, recreational, religious, and social heritage features.  Real teachers created these lessons and based their work on “best practices” that reflect student collaboration and the broad goals of young people in ways that support care and understanding of others who may be very different in background and history.