Lesson plan

Making the Blockade a “Ria”lity: How Drowned River Valleys Assisted in Blockading Confederate Ports


GeoHistory GeoLiteracy

Description

In this lesson, students will learn how the physical geography, specifically rias (drowned river valleys) along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, influenced the formulation of the Civil War Anaconda Plan.

Duration

2-3 class periods

Author

Jason
Donoghue

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past

Teacher Instructions

DonoghueRiasT.pdf (145.12 KB)

Student Materials

DonoghueRiasS.pdf (511.49 KB)
Blockade_ships.pdf (350.21 KB)
DonoghueRia.ppt (1.5 MB)
RiaStudentSample1.PDF (475.61 KB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files

ALABAMA.pdf (0 bytes)
FLORIDA.pdf (0 bytes)
GEORGIA.pdf (0 bytes)
NO_CAROLINA.pdf (0 bytes)
SO_CAROLINA.pdf (0 bytes)