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Subject: ** Social Studies Predictions—introduction to the Civil War, Ch. 15 8th grade
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Focus attention/motivation: 5 minutes Instructional Input/Modeling: 15 minutes Student Engagement/Practice: 15 minutes Closure: 5 minutes 40 minutes total
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The overall goal of this lesson is for the students to learn how to predict key events of the Civil War, and be able to come to a conclusion.
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//1.B.3a// Preview reading materials, make predictions, and relate reading to information from other sources. //1.C.3a// Use information to form, explain, and support questions and predictions.
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The students will be able to predict key events of the civil war by working both individually and in small groups. The students will be able to verbalize their conclusions of this time period with the class.
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-3 Primary Documents, supplied by the teacher -Overhead projector -Overhead transparencies of primary documents
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1. The students will journal for 5 minutes given the following writing prompt: “If you could be a part of any time in history, what would it be and why?” They will have to keep writing for the full 5 minutes. (Focus attention/motivation) 2. Students will look at 3 primary documents from The Civil War era(all letters are from soldiers from the war and their point-of-views). The teacher will put the first letter on the overhead projector & read it aloud. Ask the students: What can you learn about geography, daily life, and historical events from this letter? This will be a brief brainstorm/ large class discussion. (Instructional input/modeling) 3. Next, the teacher will split the students into small groups and give them copies of the 2nd letter. Have them get out a piece of paper and create three columns. Columns are headed Geography, Daily Life, and Historical Events. Each group will find pertinent information and write it down (under appropriate category) When completed, each group will share what they discovered with the class. 4. Last, the student will give each student a copy of the 3rd and final letter. The students will write on the back of it three columns: Geography, Daily Life, and Historical events. Have them write down any references in each column, and then have volunteers share their discoveries w/ the class. (Engagement) 5. The teacher will ask a few students to summarize what it is the class concluded about the life of the Civil war based on the primary documents. (Closure)
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- Informal assessments will be done based on how well the students work collaboratively. Additionally, the students will receive participation points for completing this introductory activity.
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Any IEP students who need someone to write for them can have a student take their notes on carbon copy paper. Any ELL students can work together and discuss in their native language; an aide can deliver them the directions in their native language if needed.
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