1. The American Civil War: Assessment and Revision

2. What you need to know
You have been given a document that has a diagram explaining what you need to know about the American Civil War itself.
TASK: Please colour code each box green, orange or red based on how far you understand the content.

3. 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:

4. ‘The Battle of Gettysburg was decisive for the outcome of the American Civil War.’ Assess the validity of this view. PEER ASSESSMENT
INTRODUCTIONS
Highlight your definition of Gettysburg
Highlight in a second colour, your criteria
Highlight in a third colour, where you say if Gettysburg was decisive for the outcome of the American Civil War.
MAIN BODY
Does your first sentence explain what battle the paragraph is about, and whether it was decisive for the outcome of the American Civil War.
Does your paragraph have accurate, relevant and specific detail about the battle
Does your explanation link to your criteria
Does your paragraph link back to whether Gettysburg was decisive for the outcome of the American Civil War.
30 minutes to write?
DIRT TASK
Write up the rest 4 more paragraphs to complete the main body of your essay (exam conditions)

6. How significant were the Union’s superior resources to their victory in the Civil War?
Alongside essays on why the Confederacy lost, are essays on why the Union won. TASK: Use the tasks below to mark the exemplar answer you have been given.
TASK 1
Highlight and annotate
Definitions
Criteria
Judgement
TASK 2
Point
Evidence
Explain
Link
TASK 3
Substantiation
TASK 4
Use the mark scheme to give each category an overall level
Then give the overall answer a level

7. Extra reasons for Union Victory
As well as superior resources it is worth considering some of the following:
Rifle-musket and repeating rifles (technology)
Ulysses S. Grant (military leadership) , P , 177
Lincoln (political leadership) Emancipation, Gettysburg Address, 1864 Election ,political leadership 175

8. Fill in your revision grids
Homework
Fill in your revision grids