Indiana Social Studies IS.1.7
The Standard
Analyze how the Civil War impacted individuals, families, and communities throughout Indiana. Explain how Hoosiers contributed to the Union's efforts during the war.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies · Territorial and Early Statehood: 1800 to 1850
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how enlistment, deaths, and Morgan's Raid affected people, families, and towns in Indiana. They use letters and news reports to show how Hoosiers helped the Union as soldiers and civilians.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use a soldier's letter to explain what happened to that soldier and how the family at home was affected. They can describe a specific contribution, such as service in the 28th U.S. Colored Troops or collecting supplies for soldiers, and support it with a source detail.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the war never reached Indiana, overlooking Morgan's Raid. Some assume only white men helped the Union, missing Black soldiers and women's aid groups. Others assume all Indiana residents agreed about the war.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: An Indiana father joins the Union army, leaving his family to harvest their crops. Neighbors collect bandages for soldiers. Explain one effect on the family and one way the neighbors helped the Union.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed excerpts from an Indiana soldier's letter and a wartime newspaper notice; have them mark a family cost and a Union contribution.
Ask students to write: How could an Indiana family support the Union and still suffer during the war? Use two source details.
Have groups sort cards labeled enlistment, 28th U.S. Colored Troops, aid society, and Morgan's Raid by whom each affected and how.
Show a photo of a local Civil War memorial and a soldier's service record; ask whose wartime work the memorial includes or leaves out.
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Related Standards
- IS.1.4
Explain the importance of the Revolutionary War and other key events and people that influenced the development of Indiana as a state.
- IS.1.16
Identify and analyze the social, cultural, and economic impacts of WWI on Indiana as well as Indiana's contributions to the war effort.
- 4.H.3
Explain the importance of the Revolutionary War and other key events and people that impacted the development of Indiana.
- 4.H.6
Summarize the impact of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency on Indiana, and describe the participation of Indiana citizens in the Civil War.
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