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When you first get in…

When you first get in…. Add LO and DQ pg. 69 LO: Identify facts and significance about the Siege of Vicksburg Identify and describe experiences from the Siege DQ: What is the significance of the Siege of Vicksburg? What are 2 experiences faced by the people under siege? Table of Contents

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  1. When you first get in… • Add LO and DQ pg. 69 LO: • Identify facts and significance about the Siege of Vicksburg • Identify and describe experiences from the Siege DQ: • What is the significance of the Siege of Vicksburg? • What are 2 experiences faced by the people under siege? Table of Contents Pg. 68Q&A-Turned Into Me10/24/13 Pg. 69Siege of Vicksburg 10/24/13

  2. Siege • a military blockade of a city with the purpose of conquering by causing starvation and assault

  3. Shelling • Explosive used in war

  4. Vicksburg • July 4, 1863 • Grant’s troop surround city to prevent food & supplies • Want city to surrender last part of Miss. River • Confeds. surrender after months of siege • Had to eat • Significance: Union fulfill major part of Anaconda Plan • Complete control of MS River

  5. Reflection Activity: Siege of Vicksburg: Through the Eyes of Dora Miller • Each group will be assigned 1 of the 2 diary entries • Your group will first read the questions • Then, you will select a reader to read the diary entry aloud, while the others follow along • Afterward, as a group, you will answer the 4 questions associated with your diary entry • Be ready for your group to share AT LEAST 1 of the answers with the class

  6. Vocabulary • Artillery: large weapons (i.e. cannons) • Batteries: attacks; fortified area where weapons are kept • Cellar: an area beneath the ground (cave) or under a building • Confinement: Imprisonment, Internment, Detention • Damp: wet • Finale: the end • Leisurely: unhurried, relaxed • Shells: explosives • Sleves: sleeves on a jacket, coat, shirt • Obliged: action that must be done

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