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Ken Burn’s Civil War, Episode 1: The Cause

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Ken Burn's epic documentary miniseries The Civil War, broadcast in 1990, was the most-watched PBS program ever. A question sheet helps viewers keep track of events in the first episode of the documentary.

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Concepts
causes of the civil war, civil war, the united states civil war, eli whitney, harriet tubman, frederick douglass, abraham lincoln, john brown, sam houston, jefferson davis, battles of the civil war, slavery, andrew jackson, robert e. lee, ken burns
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Episode I has a running time of 1:40; consider showing the video over two days and pausing occasionally to permit viewers to respond to the 38 questions on the guide
Classroom Considerations
  • Based on Ken Burn's nine-episode documentary mini-series on the American Civil War
  • The mini-series is available for purchase or with a Netflix subscription
  • Requires individual copies of the two-page questions sheet
Pros
  • The questions are listed in the order events occur in the film
Cons
  • No answer key is provided for the 38 questions