Anticipation Guide

Directions: Below is a list of statements related to our lesson about the Battle
of Gettysburg. Before we begin the lesson, look carefully at each statement
and indicate in the Before column whether or not you believe that the
statement is true or false. Once we have completed our lesson, you will
review these statements again to see if your ideas about them have
changed.

Before Statement After

1.) The Battle of Gettysburg
T F was initiated by a T F
Confederate invasion of the
North
2.) Gordon Meade was a
T F Major General of the T F
Confederate Army
3.) The Confederates had
T F allied with foreign powers T F

4.) General Lees military

T F tactics were well organized T F
and effective.
5.) The Battle of Gettysburg
T F was a turning point in the T F
American Civil War.

6.) Union forces withstood

T F the battle due to their T F
strong defensive strategy.
7.) The outcome of Picketts
T F Charge ended the battle. T F

8.) The Confederates

T F suffered a greater number T F
of causalities than the Union
Army did.