The unit on THE CIVIL WAR will help my students in the Comprehensive Academic Program (Sp. Ed. Program) improve their general knowledge about the country in which they live. THE CIVIL WAR unit of study will provide for my students the opportunity to gain knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become contributing citizens in our democracy. They will learn how to recognize the relationship between choices and consequences in decision making. The students will be able to address historical events and put them in order of past, present, and future. Through the study of the unit on THE CIVIL WAR, the students will be able to explore how people in the United States have adapted to change. The students will be able to exhibit an understanding of the dynamic interaction between human events and the state, region, or country in which they occur. THE CIVIL WAR unit will examine important events in Tennessee during this time in our history. THE CIVIL WAR unit will also address the contributions made by African-Americans. Another concept the students will gain from this study deals with the fundamental economics of the times. THE CIVIL WAR unit will be presented to my students through the use of class discussion, the Internet sites and activities selected for this track, and videos shown on the Civil War.