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 periodsAuthor
Jason
Donoghue
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Teacher Instructions
DonoghueRiasT.pdf
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Student Materials
DonoghueRiasS.pdf
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Blockade_ships.pdf
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DonoghueRia.ppt
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RiaStudentSample1.PDF
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Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners
Supplemental Files
ALABAMA.pdf
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FLORIDA.pdf
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GEORGIA.pdf
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NO_CAROLINA.pdf
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SO_CAROLINA.pdf
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