ISD Virtual Learning 8th Grade Social Studies April 29, 2020 Grade/Course Lesson: 28 Objective/Learning Target: I can explain the Anaconda Plan and evaluate how effective it was in helping the North win the Civil War. Materials you will need for this lesson During this lesson you will be asked to complete the activities listed on the right. Please make 1. Warm-Up sure you have a piece of paper 2. Activity and a pen/pencil to record your 3. Practice thinking as you navigate 4. Reflection through the lesson. Warm Up Warm Up Warm Up The Anaconda Plan: What you need to know… The Anaconda Plan was the popular name given to a strategy employed by the Union during the American Civil War. It consisted of a large-scale blockade of ports in the South, combined with a Federal attack along the Mississippi River, aimed at splitting the Confederacy. The plan was suggested by Winfield Scott, General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army. It received the name because of its relative passivity: the image conjured up was one of an anaconda slowly squeezing the life from its victim. Lesson Activity ● On a sheet of paper create a Anaconda Plan T-chart. ● Title the chart “Anaconda Plan” Objectives Outcomes ● Label the left side of the chart objectives and the right side outcomes. ● Your chart should look like the illustration to the right. Lesson Activity Use the following articles about the Anaconda Plan anaconda plan to complete your T-chart. Objectives Outcomes Article 1 Article 2 Lesson Activity- Answer Key Objectives Outcomes ● Blockade all southern ports. ● The blockade led to a shortage of ● Advance down Mississippi River. resources in the south. ● Capture the Tennessee River ● Created a great mismatch of Valley. resources between the North ● Capture the Confederate capital; and South. Richmond, Virginia. ● This was a great showing of Grant’s ability to lead Union troops. ● Considerably shortened the war. Practice Grade Explanation Goals Overall strategy Leadership Resources Practice Practice Grade Evidence Goals Overall strategy Leadership Resources Practice Grade Evidence Goals Overall strategy Leadership Resources Practice Practice Grade Evidence Goals B The goal was to keep the Union together. Overall strategy A Anaconda plan was effective Leadership C Lincoln was effective, his generals were not. Resources A The North had way more of every resource to fight a war with. Practice Practice Grade Evidence Goals Overall strategy Leadership Resources Practice Practice Grade Evidence Goals B The goal was to outlast the North. Overall strategy C Defensive war, no overall strategy Leadership A The South had Robert E Lee. Resources D Except for cotton, the South had very little resources. Reflection As you reflect on Grant’s Anaconda Plan, focus on the Objective and Outcome. Write 5 words that best describe Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan. .