Fighting in the Civil War

Fighting in the Civil War. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Fighting in the Civil War. Learn about Fighting the Civil War. Witness the staying power of a young America through the turbulent times of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the taming of the Wild West.
• Learn why the North, South, and West argued over the issues of tariffs, slavery, and states' rights.
• Compare the strengths of the Union and the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War and learn what life was like for both soldiers and civilians.
• Examine the reasons why Reconstruction failed and the problems involved in rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
• See how the geography of the West affected its settlement and how America's westward expansion destroyed the Native Americans' way of life.
• Discover the many benefits of using online video for visual learning. Educational video for teaching the K-12 curriculum provides online learning for children and students of all ages and abilities. Using subtitled video - or video with closed captions - enables children to choose between watching, listening to, or reading each presentation whichever best suites their individual learning style. A wonderful option particularly for dyslexia and special needs education.