Curr Calendar Creative Project

The Civil War Thematic Unit
5th Grade
Calendar Creative Project
Angelica Rinebarger
The Civil War Thematic Unit

Calendar Creative Project Rubric
Use Microsoft Word or an online resource to create a calendar. The
calendar must be created using a computer. The calendar can be for any
year but should not have the year on it. Keep in mind that the calendar
must have a place to write a paragraph about something that occurred in
each month. Use your textbook, classwork, or the Internet to research
important battles, people, and events of the Civil War. These should be
relevant to what weve discussed in class. Put the events and battles on
your calendar and add the birthdays of important people. For each day,
write the year the event or battle occurred (except for birthdays) and color
code each one by year. Choose a spot on the calendar to write a paragraph
of 5-10 sentences about a significant person, event, or battle that occurred
during each month. The paragraph should be error-free and written in
your own words. Add a picture or drawing of what you write about. Each
month should have at least 4 occurrences, but most should have 7-12. You
will also need to hole-punch each month and add them to a folder in the
correct order. Create a cover page that has your name, title, and a picture
on it. Your calendar will be graded using the following rubric:
Cover page is visually appealing and contains your name, title, and a
picture: _______/10 points
The calendar was created using a computer and does not have the
calendar year: _______/10 points
Each month is hold-punched, in the correct order, and in a folder:
_______/5 points
Each month contains 4 or more occurrences that are relevant to
class: _______/20 points
Each occurrence year is color-coded: _______/5 points
Each month contains a paragraph of 5-10 sentences specific to an
occurrence that month: _______/20 points
Each paragraph is error-free and written in your own words:
_______/20 points
Each month has a picture that relates to the paragraph:
_______/10 points
Total: _______/100 points
January
Nam id velit non risus consequat iaculis.
The Emancipation Proclamation

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation
Proclamation on January 1st, 1863, as the country entered the
third year of the Civil War. The Proclamation declared that all
persons held as slaves shall be then, thenceforward, and forever
freebut it applied only to states designated as being in rebellion,
not to the slave-holding border states or to areas of the
Confederacy that had already come under Union control.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1863: Lincoln
issues the
Emancipation
Proclamation
9
1861:
Mississippi
secedes from
the Union
11
12
13
14
1861: Alabama
secedes from
the Union
18
16
17
22
23
24
29
30
1865: Assault
and capture of
Fort Fisher, NC
19
20
26
1861:
Louisiana
secedes from
the Union
21
General
Stonewall
Jacksons
birthday
1861: Georgia
secedes from
the Union
1862: Battle of
Mill Springs,
KY
Robert E. Lees
birthday
25
15
10
1861: Florida
secedes from
the Union
27
28
1863: General
Grant is placed
in command of
the Army of the
West
Source: http://www.nps.gov/gett/learn/historyculture/civil-war-timeline.htm
31
1865: Congress
approves the
13th
Amendment to
abolish slavery
February
President Jefferson Davis

Jefferson F. Davis was an American soldier and politician who
was President of the Confederate States of America during the
American Civil War. He took personal charge of the Confederate
war plans but was unable to find a strategy to defeat the more
populous and industrialized Union. His diplomatic efforts failed to
gain recognition from any foreign country. Many historians
attribute the Confederacys weaknesses to the leadership of
President Davis.
Sunday
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
Saturday
1861: Texas
secedes from
the Union
1865:
Shermans
Army leaves
Savannah for
the Carolinas
1862:
Surrender of
Fort Henry, TN
10
11
16
1862:
Surrender of
Fort Donelson,
TN
22
13
14
19
20
21
26
27
28
Abraham
Lincolns
birthday
1862: Battle of
Roanoke
Island, NC
General
Shermans
birthday
15
12
23
17
1865:
Shermans
Army captures
Columbia, SC
24
18
1861:
Jefferson
Davis is
appointed
President of
the
Confederacy
25
1862:
Jefferson Davis
is inaugurated
as President of
the
Confederacy
March
President Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He
played a key role in the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment,
which ended slavery in America. As the war was ending, Lincoln
became the first U.S. president to be assassinated. Prior to his
election as president in 1860, he had successful careers as a
lawyer and politician in Illinois, serving several terms in the state
legislature and one in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
2
1864: Ulysses
Grant is
appointed as
Union
lieutenant
general
Wednesday
3
1863: Drafting
of soldiers
begins in the
North
10
Thursday
4
Friday
5
6
General
Sheridans
birthday
1861:
Abraham
Lincoln is
inaugurated
1865: Lincoln
is inaugurated
for his second
term
11
Saturday
7
1862: Battle of
Pea Ridge, AR
12
13
14
19
20
21
27
28
1865:
Shermans
Army occupies
Fayetteville,
NC
15
16
17
18
1865: Battle of
Averasborough,
NC
22
23
1865: Battle of
Bentonville, NC
24
25
26
1865: Attack
on Fort
Stedman, VA
29
30
31
April
The Firing at Fort Sumter, SC

The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American
Civil War. The intense Confederate artillery bombardment of
Major Robert Andersons small Union garrison in the unfinished
fort in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been
preceded by months of siege-like conditions.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Friday
1865: Battle of
Five Forks, VA
1862: Battle of
Shiloh, TN
1865: Battle of
Sailors Creek,
VA
12
13
8
1864: Battle of
Mansfield, LA
14
15
1865: Lincoln
is assassinated
1861:
Southern
forces fire
upon Fort
Sumter, SC
1864: Capture
of Fort Pillow,
TN
19
26
Saturday
1865: Union
troops occupy
Richmond and
Petersburg, VA
10
11
17
18
1864: Battle of
Pleasant Hill,
LA
1865:
Surrender at
Appomattox
16
1862: Drafting
of soldiers
begins in the
South
20
21
22
23
27
28
29
30
1861: Virginia
secedes from
the Union
24
Ulysses S.
Grants
birthday
25
May
Battle of Chancellorsville, VA
The Battle of Chancellorsville resulted in a Confederate victory
that stopped an attempted flanking movement by Major General
Joseph Hookers Army of the Potomac against the left of General
Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia. The Southern victory
was diminished by the loss of Lieutenant General Thomas
Stonewall Jackson, mortally wounded by his own men who
mistook him and his staff for Union cavalry.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
1863: Battle of
Chancellorsville,
VA
1864: Battle of
the Wilderness,
VA
10
11
12
1865:
President
Jefferson
Davis is
captured in GA
1864: Battle of
Yellow Tavern,
VA
1865: The final

battle of the
Civil War at
Palmito Ranch,
TX
18
19
17
1863: Siege of
Vicksburg, MS
24
25
1862: First
Battle of
Winchester,
VA
6
1861:
Arkansas
secedes from
the Union
13
7
1864:
Beginning of
the Atlanta
Campaign
14
15
16
1864: Battle of
Resaca, GA
20
21
22
27
23
General
Burnsides
birthday
1861: North
Carolina
secedes from
the Union
26
1864: Battle of
Spotsylvania
Court House, VA
28
29
1865: The Civil

War officially
ends
31
1862: Battle of
Seven Pines,
VA
30
June
The Seven Days Battle, VA

The Seven Days Battle took place from June 25th to July 1st, 1862
and featured six different battles along the Virginia Peninsula
east of Richmond. The Union Army of the Potomac, led by Major
General George B. McClellan, was over 100,000 men strong yet
was steadily driven away from the ultimate goal of Richmond and
back to the James River by Confederates led by a new field
commanderGeneral Robert E. Lee.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
8
1861:
Tennessee
secedes from
the Union
14
1863: Battle of
Second
Winchester, VA
21
15
Friday
Saturday
10
11
12
13
18
19
20
25
26
Jefferson
Daviss
birthday
1864: Battle of
Cold Harbor,
VA
Thursday
9
1863: Battle of
Brandy
Station, VA
1861: Battle of
Big Bethel, VA
1864: Battle of
Brices
Crossroads, MS
16
17
23
24
1864: Assault
on Petersburg,
VA
22
1862: The
Seven Days
Battle, VA
begins
28
1863: The
Gettysburg
Campaign
29
30
General Hoods
birthday
27
1864: Battle of
Kennesaw
Mountain, GA
July
Battle of Gettysburg, PA
The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was the largest battle of
the American Civil War as well as the largest battle ever fought in
North America, involving around 85,000 men in the Unions
Army of the Potomac under Major General George Gordon Meade
and approximately 75,000 in the Confederacys Army of Northern
Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee. Casualties at
Gettysburg totaled 23,049 for the Union and 28,063 for the
Confederacy.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Friday
Saturday
10
11
1863: Battle of
Gettysburg,
PA begins
1864: Battle of
Monocacy, MD
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
30
31
1864: Battle of
Peachtree
Creek, GA
26
27
1861: Battle of
Bull Run, VA
28
29
1864: Battle of
the Crater at
Petersburg, VA
August
Battle of Jonesborough, GA
The Battle of Jonesborough was fought during the Atlanta
Campaign in the American Civil War. Two Union armies led by
Major General William Tecumseh Sherman maneuvered to draw
the Army of Tennessee, led by John Bell Hood, away from their
defenses at Atlanta, Georgia, where it could be destroyed.
Although Hoods army was not destroyed, the city of Atlanta was
abandoned and then occupied by Union troops for the rest of the
war, and had far-reaching political as well as military effects on
the course of the war.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
10
11
12
13
14
15
18
19
20
21
22
25
26
27
28
29
1861: Battle of
Wilsons Creek,
MO
16
17
23
24
1864: Battle of
Reams Station,
VA
30
31
1862: Battle of
the Second Bull
Run, VA
1864: Battle of
Jonesborough,
GA
September
Battle of Antietam, MD
The Battle of Antietam, a.k.a. Battle of Sharpsburg, resulted in not
only the bloodiest day of the American Civil War, but also the
bloodiest single day in all of American history. Fought primarily
on September 17th, 1862, between the town of Sharpsburg,
Maryland, and Antietam Creek, it ended General Robert E. Lees
first invasion of a Northern state.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
1863: Battle of
Chickamauga,
GA
1862: Battle of
Antietam, MD
20
21
22
23
24
25
1864: Battle of
Fishers Hill,
VA
27
28
29
30
1864: Battle of
Fort Harrison,
VA
26
October
Battle of Cedar Creek, VA

The Battle of Cedar Creek was the culminating battle of the Valley
Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate
Lieutenant General Jubal Early launched a surprise attack
against the encamped army of Union Major General Philip
Sheridan across Cedar Creek, northeast of Strasburg, Virginia. A
Union counterattack that afternoon routed Earlys army.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10
1863: Bristoe
Station
Campaign, VA
11
12
13
18
19
20
26
15
16
17
21
22
23
24
29
30
31
1861: Battle of
Balls Bluff, VA
1864: Battle of
Cedar Creek,
VA
25
14
27
28
November
Shermans March to the Sea

Shermans March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the
Savannah Campaign by Major General William Tecumseh
Sherman, taking place from November 15th to December 21st,
1864. After leaving the decimated city of Atlanta on November
16th, Sherman led his troops on a destructive campaign that
concluded with the capture of the port city of Savannah, Georgia
on December 21st. The March is known for its boldness as well as
the sheer destruction inflicted on the South, both to its industry
as well as military targets, effectively destroying the
Confederates capacity to wage war.
Sunday
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
General Earlys
birthday
10
Saturday
6
1860:
Abraham
Lincoln elected
President
11
12
13
14
General
Hookers
birthday
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
24
25
26
27
28
1864: General
Shermans
Army begins
the March to
the Sea
22
23
1863: Battle of
Chattanooga,
TN
29
30
1864: Battle of
Franklin, TN
December
Battle of Fredericksburg, VA
The Battle of Fredericksburg was an early battle of the Civil War
and stands as one of the greatest Confederate victories. Led by
General Robert E. Lee, the Army of Northern Virginia routed the
Union forces led by Major General Ambrose Burnside. Burnside
ordered one futile frontal attack after another against the
entrenched Confederate forces, generating astounding Union
casualties that eventually reached twice that of Confederate
casualties.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10
11
12
General
McClellans
birthday
1863: Lincoln
issues his
Proclamation
of Amnesty and
Reconstruction
13
14
16
17
18
19
24
25
26
1864: Battle of
Nashville, TN
1862: Battle of
Fredericksburg,
VA
20
15
1864:
Shermans
Army
completes
their March to
the Sea
21
22
23
28
29
30
1860: South
Carolina secedes
from the Union
27
31
1863: Battle of
Stones River,
TN
General
Meades
birthday

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The Civil War Thematic Unit

The Civil War Thematic Unit

The Emancipation Proclamation

President Jefferson Davis

President Abraham Lincoln

The Firing at Fort Sumter, SC

1865: The final

1865: The Civil

The Seven Days Battle, VA

Battle of Cedar Creek, VA

Shermans March to the Sea

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