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By: Megan Stickley
Analyze Learners
5th grade – between ages 9 and 10.
The students:
1. Have previous knowledge of the Civil
War.
2. They are going to be working in
groups as well as individuals.
The State Objectives
• SS.5.4.1 Read, interpret and draw conclusions from United
States maps (e.g., special purpose maps, graphs, charts, tables,
timelines).
• SS.5.5.4 Explain why maintaining historical records and
landmarks is important to the United States.
• SS.5.5.5 Interpret quotes of famous Americans from various
periods of history.
• SS.5.5.14 Analyze the impact of slavery and the Abolitionist
Movement upon the development of the United States.
• SS.5.5.15 Identify causes, major events and important people
of the Civil War.
• TEC.5.5.1 Use telecommunications to locate information as a
group/class project
Media and Methods
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Posterboard
Glue
Scissors
Markers
Pen
Pictures from the
internet
• Worksheets
• Paper
• www.sasinschool.com
• http://www.wvtraditions.com/ci
vil_war/index.aspx?source=ov
erture&REF=&SCO=true
• www.civilwar.com
• http://www.eduref.org/cgibin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Les
sons/Social_Studies/US_Histo
ry/Civil_War/CIW0202.html
• Topic introduced.
• Discuss which states are apart of the
Union and Confederacy.
• The class will be split between the Union
and Confederacy and will not be allowed
to talk to the “enemy” for the remainder of
the unit.
• Handout with a timeline will be given out.
• Discuss major causes of war: slavery,
state’s rights, etc.
• Go in depth about slavery.
• How slavery was introduced and why the
south wanted to keep it.
• Biography on Abraham Lincoln, the
Gettysburg Address, and
Robert E. Lee.
• Discuss why the United States preserves
important documents and landmarks.
• Write in journals, depending on side, about
either President Lincoln or General Lee.
• Split into pairs and research a specific
battle using www.civilwar.com
• Create a poster will important information.
• The pairs will present their posters to the
class.
• Hang posters around room
chronologically.
• Discuss West Virginia and how it became
a state during the Civil War.
• The students will pretend to be soldiers
during the war and write to a family
member about what they are experiencing.
• Discuss the final battle and how the Union
won.
Require Learner Participation
• Keep students on task by not constantly
lecturing.
• Have fun filled activities.
• Explore by themselves.
• With splitting into groups and writing
letters, they get to feel like they are there.
Evaluate and Revise
• Writing in their journals.
• Learn by peer-to-peer instruction in groups
and by presentation.
• Oral reports.