Mr. Starcher’s 10th Grade

Early United States StudiesClay County High School

Student Goals Students will be able to Develop a Better

Understanding of the Key Events, Actors and Outcomes of the Civil War

Students will be able to Identify the Differences Between Union & Confederate Cultures & Economies

Students will be able to Analyze the Political Events that Divided the Country.

Students will be able to Examine Why the Confederate States of America were created

Students will be able to Compare and Contrast the Differences Between the Union & the Confederacy

Students will be able to Develop Skills Needed to be Able to Use Technology in the Classroom

Essential Question

• What factors led to the schism between northern states and southern states?

Unit Questions

What political party did the Northern states support?

Besides agriculture, what was the other major occupation in the South?

Who won the state of Missouri in the 1860 election?Out of 303 electoral votes in the 1860 election, how

many did Abraham Lincoln win? What is considered the 1st major battle of the Civil

War? Where did the Confederate States of America

surrender?

Content Questions

• Who died in the Battle of Chancellorsville?• How did the South try to gather foreign allies?• What was the first state to secede from the

Union?• Besides cotton, what was the South’s other

major cash crop?• The Emancipation Proclamation is the ______

Amendment.• Who is the 16th President of the United

States?

Prerequisite Skills

Basic Computer SkillsBasic Overall Skills with Microsoft

Word, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft PowerPoint

Basic Internet Skills Be able to Conduct an Internet

Search Using Search Engines

Lessons: Day 1 (90-minutes)

Introduction to Unit – PowerPoint Lecture on Abraham Lincoln & the Union

KWL Chart – Pre-Assessment for Students Biography of Abraham Lincoln – In Lecture Election of 1860 – In Lecture Differences Between Union & Confederacy – In

Lecture Carousel Activity (see Rubric) Group Presentations Open Discussion on Topics Watch CNN Student News

Rubric – Carousel Activity

1 2 3 4Group Communication

No Communication in Sharing Knowledge

Little Communication in Sharing Knowledge

Group Communicates Well in Sharing Knowledge

Group Communication is Excellent in Sharing Knowledge

Contributes to Group

No Individual Student Contributions

50% of Students Contribute

75% of Students Contribute

100% of Students Contribute

Accuracy Group Has No Correct Historical Facts

50% Correct Historical Facts

75% of Correct Historical Facts

100% of Correct Historical Facts

KWL- ChartWhat You Want Know

What You Want To Know

What You Learned

Lessons: Day 2 (90-minutes)

Review Differences Between Union & Confederacy – In Lecture

Open Discussion Student Activity – Microsoft Publisher – “Men

to Arms” Flyer to Display in Your Hometown Student Activity – Internet Research on

Beginning of Civil War (for student Interactive PowerPoint presentations)

YouTube – “Firing on Fort Sumter” Watch CNN Student News

Lessons: Day 3 (90-minutes)

• Mystery Person Activity (Introduction to Jefferson Davis) – In Lecture

• PowerPoint Lecture on Jefferson Davis & the Confederacy

• Student Activity - “History Bees” to Review Topics Discussed

• Open Discussion• Student Activity – Internet Research for

Student Interactive PowerPoint• Watch CNN Student News

Lessons: Day 4 (90-minutes)

• PowerPoint Lecture on Major Battles of the Civil War & Key Actors Involved

• Student Activity - Google Earth to view Civil War Historical Sites

• Open Discussion• Read Civil War Solider Letters• Student Activity – Create a Civil War solider Letter

to Send Home Using Microsoft Word• Student Activity – Create a Web/Mapping of Civil

War Using Kidspiration to Use in Student Interactive PowerPoint

• Watch CNN Student News

Lessons: Day 5 (90-minutes)

• Open Discussion on Topics Covered – In Lecture

• Student Activity – Completion of Student Interactive PowerPoint

• Presentation of Student Interactive PowerPoint Using Screenr Program

• Pencil & Paper Assessment Test on Lessons 1-5• Open Discussion and Review of Tests• Homework Enrichment Provided on EduBlog• Watch CNN Student News

West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives

• SS.10.H.CL4.1 analyze the social, political and cultural characteristics of the North, the South and the West before and after the Civil War (e.g., the lives of African Americans, social reform, Patriotism, Nationalism, labor force, etc.).

• SS.10.H.CL4.2 explain how the political events and issues that divided the nation led to civil war (e.g., compromises reached to maintain the balance of free and slave states, successes and failures of the abolitionist movement, conflicting views on states’ rights and federal authority, emergence of the Republican Party and election of 1860).

• SS.10.H.CL4.3 examine and identify the cause and effect of the formation of the Confederate States of America.

National Standard Objective (NCSS)

• Culture - Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of culture and cultural diversity, so that the learner can give examples and describe the importance of cultural unity and diversity within and across groups.

• Time, Continuity, & Change - Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ways human beings view themselves in and over time, so that the learner can compare and contrast different stories or accounts about past events, people, places, or situations, identifying how they contribute to our understanding of the past.

Technology Standard

• Social Studies Social Studies – Grade 10: United States Studies View NxG

• SS.9-10.L.15• Use TECHNOLOGY, including the

Internet, to produce, publish and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of TECHNOLOGY’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.

Types of Assessment

Diagnostic – KWL Chart - Gauge Students Prior Knowledge

Formative – “History Bees” to Judge What Students Are Retaining From the Lessons & What Needs to Be Reviewed Before the Assessment Test

Summative – Pencil & Paper Assessment Test

Homework Enrichment - EduBlog

• Students will be able to access their homework via EduBlog.

• Resource Documents will be upload for review.

Sources

• http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/index.html• http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCoe5T2wmfU• http://www.google.com/earth/index.html• http://

www.civilwararchive.com/LETTERS/letters.htm• www.inspiration.com/kidspiration• www.screenr.com• www.blogger.com