Lesson: Civil War Issues
Instructor:
Shawn Wendell Davies, Instructional Technologist.
Grade Level: 8th Grade Georgia Studies
Explanation:
In Georgia history students are required to analyze the events of the civil war, including pre and post civil war. In this particular mini-lesson, we are going to be focusing on the key issues leading to the civil war. Students will be required to rank the issues from the most important to the least important and explain why
Standards:
ISTE Standards
2. Communication and collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
3. Research and information fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
6. Technology operations and concepts Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
GCPS AKS: (similar to GA Performance Standards)
8SS.F: Antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction
Resources:
Estimated Lesson Time: Three Days
Guiding Essential Question: What were the key issues that lead the country into a civil war?
Instruction and Activities:
Day One:
Day Two:
Homework: Students will use blog to write an “News Article” explaining one of the key events that they learned about to today. (students have access to Galileo through school’s website)
Day Three:
Homework: Students will use blog to write another “News Article” explaining one of the key events that they learned about to today.
Day Four:
Assessment:
Formative: Student will be graded formerly throughout the lesson on things such as:
Summative: Students will be assed on:
Instructor:
Shawn Wendell Davies, Instructional Technologist.
Grade Level: 8th Grade Georgia Studies
Explanation:
In Georgia history students are required to analyze the events of the civil war, including pre and post civil war. In this particular mini-lesson, we are going to be focusing on the key issues leading to the civil war. Students will be required to rank the issues from the most important to the least important and explain why
Standards:
ISTE Standards
2. Communication and collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
- Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
3. Research and information fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
- Plan strategies to guide inquiry
- Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
- Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
- Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation
- Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project
- Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions d. Use multiple processes and diverse
6. Technology operations and concepts Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
- Understand and use technology systems b. Select and use app
GCPS AKS: (similar to GA Performance Standards)
8SS.F: Antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction
- 8SS.F.37: analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia
- 8SS.F.37a: rank and analyze the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War including slavery, states rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, and election of 1860
Resources:
- SmartBoard
- Padlet
- Graphic Organizer
- Blog Website (of the students choosing)
- Galileo Teen (student have access through the school student portal)
- PowerPoint or Web 2.0 presentation tool such as powtoons, prezi, etc. (students choice)
- Curated list of Civil War Resources (Symbaloo)
Estimated Lesson Time: Three Days
Guiding Essential Question: What were the key issues that lead the country into a civil war?
Instruction and Activities:
Day One:
- Teacher will ask students to give reasons for why they believe that there was a civil war. Students will be Padlet
- Teacher will read some of the answers that have been sent to the board and ask certain students to explain their answers.
- Students will work in groups and use a curated list to explore the different issues that lead to the civil war. While exploring through the list students will also be required to complete a graphic organizer in the process.
Day Two:
- Students will continue to work on their graphic organizer using their curated list.
- Inside of their groups students will be required to rank the key issues from the most important the least important, giving reasons as well as general information on each.
Homework: Students will use blog to write an “News Article” explaining one of the key events that they learned about to today. (students have access to Galileo through school’s website)
- Students will explain the event as if there living through it.
- Students will express whether they believe this event will help or hinder the attempts to prevent a potential civil war
Day Three:
- Groups will work together create a presentation (Prezi, PowerPoint, Powtoons, etc.) in which they explain, each of the key issues, as well as explain why they ranked they in the particular order.
- Students will work on their presentation as well as study for their post-test
Homework: Students will use blog to write another “News Article” explaining one of the key events that they learned about to today.
- Students will explain the event as if there living through it.
- Students will express whether they believe this event will help or hinder the attempts to prevent a potential civil war
Day Four:
- Students will take post-test for Key issues leading to the civil war.
- 10 question test of DOK Level 2 & 3 that will be used to asses how well students understand the content discussed
- Groups will take turns presenting their projects to the class.
- Groups that are observing will have to option to ask questions if they disagree with the present groups rankings
Assessment:
Formative: Student will be graded formerly throughout the lesson on things such as:
- Padlet responses
- How well they work in their groups
- Blog entries
- Graphic Organizer
Summative: Students will be assed on:
- Group Presentation
- How well detailed and accurate it is
- How well they defend their rankings