Civil War

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Civil War

• By Trevon Hegel

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Literature selection

• Uncle Toms Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
  by Deborah Hopkinson

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Unit plan

• In this unit on the civil war, students will
• Learn about both sides of the war, and some of
  the leaders f both.
• Be able to give a descriptive writing on events
  before, during, and after the civil war.
• Be able to give in-depth information on slaves
  lives and contribution to the war.

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Unit plan

• In this unit on the civil war, students will
• Be able to give description of life style of
  soldiers and civilians.

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Viewing
talking
Writing
Movie on war Art and photographs
Class discussions Have imitating soldiers come in
and talk or field trip. Dramatic play
Daily journal poem
Civil War
Visual representation
Reenact battles Movements that have some
representation of time period
Reading
Read text book Class reads literature selection
books together. Write and share poems Read
entries from soldiers.
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Art
Social Studies
Math
Quilt pictures
Whole unit derived from social studies.
Civil War
Music / physical education
Language arts
science
Listen to music of the time period Teach dances
of time period Reenact battles
Read about Civil War Create poems from different
perspective Daily journal
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Grade level 5th Subject are Language
arts Materials
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Learning activities

• Give students information on a battle they have
  learned about.
• Give them time to come up with their own
  imitation of the battle
• Discuss the order of events from start of battle
  to the end.
• Give students an idea of the severity of the
  battle
• Have them write in their journals about what they
  feel and what they learned.
• Let them write a poem and give them the option of
  sharing it with the class.
• Assessment
• Teacher observation
• Individual participation
• Completion of poem
• Reflection

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Strategies

• Predicting- the students will predict about what
  will happen next in lecture and as we read.
• Tapping prior knowledge- students think about
  what they already know about the topic as the
  listen, read, write, and act.
• Making connections- students relate what then are
  listening to, reading, or viewing,to their own
  lives and to books they read.
• Visualizing- students make pictures in their
  minds about what they are listening to, reading,
  or writing.
• Summarizing- students will summarize what they
  choose as important ideas to remember.

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Language Art Skills

• Print- sound out words, apply spelling rules
  consult a dictionary or glossary.
• Comprehension- sequence, categorize, classify
  compare, and contrast.
• Language- recognize parts of speech, use simple,
  compound, and complex sentences.
• Reference- find information online, in an
  encyclopedia , or other book not listed.
• Study- preview, follow directions, and take notes.

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Technology

• Videos- history channel
• CD player- listen to music of time period.
• Computer- view slide show presentation and work
  online.

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Technology

• Websites
• http//www.civilwarinteractive.com/GamesHome.htm
  (puzzles)
• http//java.nationalgeographic.com/maps/civilwar/
  (interactive map)
• http//www.harvestmoonstudio.com/hist_civilwar1.ht
  ml (video 4.5 min)
• http//www.hesed.com/cwlinks.htm ( gives access
  to a lot of interactive sites)

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Independent activities

• Silently read and reading at home.
• Art projects
• Writing poems and journal

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Small Group Activities

• Sharing poem
• Writing script for play or reenactment
• Discussion
• Art projects

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Large Group Activities

• Viewing movies
• Reading
• Reading poems to class
• Music and dance
• Art project
• Class reenactment

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Assessment

• Teacher observation and participation of students
• Poems
• Script
• Final essay
• participation