Lesson+Plan

=** Civil War Lesson Plan **

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** Standards :**
- (LA.C.3.4.3) “uses details, illustrations, analogies and visual aids to make oral presentations that inform, persuade, or entertain.” - (LA.B.2.4.1) “writes text, notes, outlines, comments, and observations that demonstrate comprehension and synthesis of content, processes, and experiences from a variety of media.” - (SS.A.4.4.5) “understands the significant political events that took place during the early national period.” - (SS.A.4.4.6) “understands the military and economic events of the Civil War and Reconstruction.”

** Objectives :**
- Using the Internet, students will gather information on how the Civil War started with 90% accuracy. - Using Microsoft PowerPoint, students will be able to describe the different battles of the Civil War. - Using laptop carts, students will research and present the key people involved in the Civil War with 95% accuracy. o **Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels** § Knowledge – events/people § Comprehension – paper § Analysis – debate

** Materials Needed :**
- Laptop cart for students’ research for their debates - Microsoft Word/PowerPoint to provide example of how students can make their own - Internet for the students to search all over the web for information concerning the Civil War

** Activities and Procedures :**

 * Monday**: Introduce students to Civil War with PowerPoint (have them take notes) and hand out rubric for debate and PowerPoint presentation.


 * Tuesday:** Notes on events leading up to the Civil War. Assign groups to do PowerPoint presentation on events leading up to the Civil War.


 * Wednesday**: Notes on the battles during the Civil War. Assign groups for debates between Union and Confederation. PowerPoint groups begin working.


 * Thursday**: Gettysburg Address. Show short video from youtube. Debate groups start working on debate. PowerPoint groups continue to work.


 * Friday**: PowerPoint groups present their assignments. Early debaters present. The rest of the debate groups present on Monday.

**Debate and PowerPoint Rubric**
entire audience with the use of direct eye contact. ||< Consistent use of direct eye contact with audience. ||< Displayed minimal eye contact with audience. ||< No eye contact is made with the audience. ||< **_** || teachers instruction without hesitation all the time. ||< Responds to teachers instruction without hesitation most of the time. ||< Responds to teachers instruction after non verbal cues are used. ||< Rarely responds to teachers instruction. ||< **_** ||
 * <  ||< 15 ||< 10 ||< 5 ||< 1 ||<   ||
 * < **Events that led up to Civil War** ||< Lists the required amount of events ||< Lists most of events ||< Lists one of the events ||< Lists none of the events ||< **_** ||
 * < **Presentation** ||< Clear, strong voice with good persuasiveness ||< Clear voice with moderate persuasiveness ||< Low voice with okay persuasiveness ||< No one can hear or get a feel to what the argument is ||< **_** ||
 * < **Argument** ||< Includes vivid description of events and has strong argument ||< Includes most of events and had good argument ||< Includes some events and rarely mentions their side ||< Doesn’t show own work, no events, no argument ||< **_** ||
 * < **Eye Contact** ||< Holds attention of
 * < **Following Directions** ||< Responds to
 * <  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||< **Total:** ||< **_** ||


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