Split your class in half and have an old-fashioned debate. Let both sides present arguments for and against secession. Use your iPad to film each class's debate. Then, take each of the videos, and post them into a Google Classroom question. Ask each student to watch the other class's debate and explain who they felt won the debate and what their favorite argument was. Remember, students won't be able to see each other's responses until them first answer the question themselves.
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Use this image of the Anaconda Plan in ThingLink to cover Union strategy during the Civil War. This image may work better than Scott's Great Snake because it includes the whole state of Texas. Ask how the Union's plan isolates Texas. Students can use this same image to analyze and infer what they know about the victory at Galveston.
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