Unit Title: Civil War and Reconstruction Civics, Government, and Human Rights

Content Areas: Social Studies & Literacy Target Grade Level and Class vervie!:

- 10th Grade - Heterogeneous class of 25 students (14 boys & 11 girls) - 4 S ecial education students !ainstrea!ed for Social Studies "ith in class su ort

Learning Targets
Civil War and Reconstruction "#$%&'#$(() 6.1 U.S. History: America in the World: All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think analytically about how
past and present interactions o people! cultures! and the en"ironment shape the American heritage. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make in ormed decisions that re lect undamental rights and core democratic "alues as producti"e citi#ens in local! national! and global communities.

$ocus o the Unit:

% &he 'i"il War was caused by ideological! economic! and political di erences about the uture course o the nation. % ( orts to reunite the country through )econstruction were contested! resisted! and had long%term consequences.

Targeted *+CCC Standards, CCSS

-.#.#/.A.0.a #naly$e the "ays in "hich re%ailing attitudes& socioecono!ic factors& and go%ern!ent actions (i'e'& the (ugiti%e Sla%e #ct and )red Scott )ecision) in the *orth and South (i'e'& Secession) led to the +i%il ,ar' -.#.#/.A.0.1 #naly$e ho" ideas found in -ey docu!ents (i'e' the )eclaration of .nde endence& the Seneca (alls )eclaration of Senti!ents and /esolution& the 0!anci ation 1rocla!ation& and the Gettysburg #ddress) contributed to de!anding e2uality for all' -.#.#/.A.0.c 0%aluate ho" olitical and !ilitary leadershi affected the outco!e of the +i%il ,ar' -.#.#/.A.0.d 3udge the effecti%eness of the 14th& 14th& and 15th #!end!ents in obtaining citi$enshi and e2uality for #frican #!ericans'

2nduring Understandings "The 1ig ideas)

2ssential 3uestions

Students !ill understand that4

' 5here "ere !ulti le e%ents "hich caused the +i%il ,ar and "hat they

Why did this event ha55en6 Ho! did this lead to the Civil War6 Had the 5revious event not ha55ened, do you thin7 this !ould have6 89 this event didn:t ha55en do you thin7 !e still !ould have 9ought a Civil War6 Why or !hy not6

are' - 5hey "ill ha%e an understanding of "hy the e%ents caused the "ar' - 5hey "ill co! rehend all of the %ocabulary ertaining to this lesson' - 5he 6nited States "ould not be "hat it is today had the south "on' - 5he students "ill -no" that the !ain cause of the +i%il ,ar "as secession& not sla%ery' - 5he effecti%eness of the 14th& 14th& and 15th #!end!ents'

Civics, Government, and Human Rights

Core Content, 1;ectives Conce5ts S7ills What students !ill 7no! What students !ill 1e a1le to do 8nstructional Actions Activities,Strategies Assessment Learning Activities, Ho! learning !ill 1e <i99erentiation assessed 8nterdisci5linary Connections "=ormative & Summative)

5he students "ill -no" and 5he students "ill be able to 5he students "ill co! lete a "ord (or!ati%e: 5he students "ill be gi%en understand all of the %ocabulary and deter!ine the !eaning of "ords and sort dealing "ith the %ocabulary 10 2uestion 2ui$$es at the end of e%ents leading u to the +i%il ,ar' hrases as they are used in a te7t& ter!s learned on the first day of the class "hich "ill enco! ass re%ious including %ocabulary describing lesson' readings and the notes ta-en in 5he students "ill -no" and olitical& social& or econo!ic as ects class that day' understand "hy and ho" the e%ents of History8Social Studies' . "ill di%ide the class into four grou s . "ill also use the "ord sort to lead to the +i%il ,ar' according to their le%el of assess the -no"ledge the students 5he students "ill be able to analy$e ad%ance!ent' 5he t"o grou s that ha%e attained u to that oint in 5he students "ill ha%e a detailed ho" a te7t uses structure to are less ad%anced "ill tell the! to class' understanding of the 14th& 14th& and e! hasi$e -ey oints or ad%ance an ut the e%ents in chronological order 15th #!end!ents' e7 lanation or analysis' fro! the earliest e%ent to the e%ents Su!!ati%e: 5he student "ill be right before the "ar' 5he t"o grou s gi%en a grou resentation on the "hich are !ore ad%anced "ill be told e%ents leading to the +i%il ,ar' 5his to thin- critically about "hy the "ill be a ro9ect grade in "hich each e%ents led to the +i%il ,ar' student "ill recei%e a different grade de ending u on their artici ation 5he four grou s "ill gi%e grou and resentation in the grou ' resentations on their findings the #t the end of the unit& . "ill be gi%ing during the second half of that class' a "ritten test "hich "ill include !ulti le choice 2uestions& true or false 2uestions& and short essay 2uestions on the %ocabulary learned in the lesson along "ith the receding e%ents'

Lesson >lans
Lesson Time9rame

Lesson #: 8ntroduction to the Civil War and the lesson voca1ulary Lesson /: Civil War ?oca1ulary Word sort Lesson @: The events that caused the Civil War

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Resources
2Aui5ment needed Teacher Resources

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