1. Why did the Confederates lose the war?
2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877

2. Why did the Confederates lose the war?
UNDERTAND
some of the key reasons behind the Confederate defeat
EXPLAIN
why these reasons led to the defeat
EVALUATE
what the main reason was behind the Confederate defeat
Key Words:

3. What reasons contributed to the Confederate’s failure?
To help us start picking out different reasons, we need to have a look back over the war and see what contributed to some of the key turning points in the war. First we need to identify the key turning points and how significant they are.
TASK:
Identify your top 3 turning points
Explain why each is a more significant turning point
List the factors/impact of these battles help explain the reason for the Confederate loss?
Rank each battle on your battles hand out /5 based on how far it was a turning point
UNDERTAND
some of the key reasons behind the Confederate defeat
EXPLAIN
why these reasons led to the defeat
EVALUATE
what the main reason was behind the Confederate defeat

4. Was the cause of Confederate defeat internal, or external?
The key historiographical debate about the Civil War in general, is whether the cause of Confederate defeat external, or internal…
INTERNAL: breakdowns in Confederate leadership, both political and military, and errors on the battlefield.
EXTERNAL: military might of the Union, Lincoln’s wartime leadership, and Union general-ship.
Internal
External
TASK:
Now that you have started to understand the different reasons, put them into one of the two columns and add anymore reasons that you can think of.
UNDERTAND
some of the key reasons behind the Confederate defeat
EXPLAIN
why these reasons led to the defeat
EVALUATE
what the main reason was behind the Confederate defeat

5. Was the cause of Confederate defeat internal, or external?
Missed Confederate Opportunities
Military Leadership
Too attack minded?
Guerrilla warfare
Focus too much on Virginia
Western Commanders
Confederate will
Lack of nationalism
Religious doubts
Slavery qualms
Division of the Confederacy
Confederate Women
Robert E. Lee
Confederate Leadership (Davis)
Skill of the Union Generals
Strength of the Union Will
Union Leadership (Abraham Lincoln)
Emancipation Proclamation
TASK:
Add any you have missed in green pen
UNDERTAND
some of the key reasons behind the Confederate defeat
EXPLAIN
why these reasons led to the defeat
EVALUATE
what the main reason was behind the Confederate defeat

6. What was the main reason for the Confederate defeat? P.173
TASK 1: Make colour coded notes on each heading. One colour should be used to suggest that the reason DID cause confederate defeat. The second colour should undermine the idea.
TASK 2: You have been given an A3 sheet of paper, with a series of circles on it. Write each heading in a circle, based on how far it led to Confederate loss.
Colour code your circles into internal and external once you are done!
CHALLENGE
Which had more impact on the outcome? External or Internal? Explain your answer.
UNDERTAND
some of the key reasons behind the Confederate defeat
EXPLAIN
why these reasons led to the defeat
EVALUATE
what the main reason was behind the Confederate defeat

7. What links can be made between the different factors?
Emancipation
Political/Military leadership
Power
Union General
Lincoln
Missed Opportunity
Virginia
Guerrilla
Attack minded
Nationalism
UNDERTAND
some of the key reasons behind the Confederate defeat
EXPLAIN
why these reasons led to the defeat
EVALUATE
what the main reason was behind the Confederate defeat

8. Finding Nemo Fish Diagram!
Homework
Missed Confederate opportunities
Confederate Will
Confederate leadership
Military leadership
Confederate
Union Generals
Union will
Union leadership
Emancipation Proclamation
TASK:
Complete your fish bone diagram with the different reasons that lead to the Confederate’s defeat
Union

9. GB INFORMATION

10. Grade book revision: Structure
In preparation for next week we are now going to spend some time doing a quick recap on what we need to do for each question. The topics you will be expected to do are:
1 x mid-Tudor extract question
1 x essay on Henry VII (government, foreign policy or society/economy)
AND
1 x America source on
1 x America essay on the causes of war
TASK:
On each table and using your whiteboard I would like you to write down how you would STRUCTURE each of the following questions

11. Grade book revision: Structure
Tudor extract question:
- Intro: Outline the arguments you can find.
P1: Convincing arguments (PEEL paragraphs)
P2: Not convincing arguments (PEEL paragraphs)
Conclusion: Overall, how convincing is it?
America source question:
Provenance: PEE
Tone: PEE
Arguments/context: PEE
Overall value
Tudor essay question:
- Intro: Define, criteria, arguments and judgment
P1: Arguments in the support/on the factor of the question (3 x PEEL paragraphs)
P2: Arguments against the question (3 x PEEL paragraphs)
Conclusion: Repeat your judgement and arguments that support
America essay question:
- Intro: Define, criteria, arguments and judgment
P1: Arguments in the support/on the factor of the question (3 x PEEL paragraphs)
P2: Arguments against the question (3 x PEEL paragraphs)
Conclusion: Repeat your judgement and arguments that support

12. What is a sustained argument?
Grade book revision:
Now that we understand the structure we need to have a think about sustained arguments:
What is a sustained argument?
How do you ensure you have a sustained argument throughout your answer?
TASK:
You are going to be split into one of 3 groups and
You will either need to write an introduction, paragraph or conclusion to the question on the next slide. We will all need to agree on what the judgement is going to be!

13. To what extent was foreign policy successful in the years 1485-1509?
Grade book revision:
The question we are going to work on is:
To what extent was foreign policy successful in the years ?
You will now work collaboratively in your groups to write your part of the answer on the desks and then will put the desks together to see how well we have created a sustained argument
Introduction: You need to define, criteria, arguments and judgement
TASK:
You are going to be split into one of 3 groups and
You will either need to write an introduction, paragraph or conclusion to the question on the next slide. We will all need to agree on what the judgement is going to be!
Paragraph: PEEL structure. Make sure you think about the judgement and link back to the question!
Discuss judgement, etc… as a class before they start to make sure they are all in agreement.
Conclusion: repeat the judgement and use the arguments in support

14. Any questions?