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

GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
Lesson Plan Content
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.
Author: 
Jason Donoghue
Grade Range: 
7
Duration: 
2-3 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconSouth Atlantic Union Blockade Squadron (ships to cut out)
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint iconPresentation Powerpoint
application/pdf iconStudent Sample
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf iconAlabama map
application/pdf iconFlorida map
application/pdf iconGeorgia map
application/pdf iconNorth Carolina map
application/pdf iconSouth Carolina map
Standards
Arizona Geography Concepts: 
1: The World in Spatial Terms
6: Geographic Applications
National Geography 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