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Teacher: S MARTIN
Week of: 5/7/12-5/11/12
**PLANS SUBJECT TO CHANGE** ESOL Strategies Utilized: LED: 2, 4, 10
Course (periods) 2ND
Essential Question:
Learning Objective: : Students will describe what lead to the bombardment of Ft. Sumter and explain why this event was important, identify which side of the
conflict Arkansas and the Upper South joined and explain why, explain why both the North and South wanted to claim the border states, and analyze the
strategies each side followed at the beginning of war.
Arrival Activity: Show YouTube “Causes of the Civil War.”
Learning Activities: Read Chapter 19/Section 1 pages 580-584. Take Cornell Notes and write a section summary.
Summarizing Activity: What was the importance of Ft. Sumter?
Relevant Practice/Homework: Define and identify page 580. Workbook page 19.1.
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Week’s Standards: SS.A.5.3.1. SS.A.6.3.4-5. SS.D.2.3.1. LA.B.2.3.1, 3.
Essential Question: (same)
Learning Objective: Students will identify the battles that the Confederates won in Virginia, and analyze why they were important, explain what stopped the
northward advance of the Confederate army, and examine the significance of the Monitor and the Virginia.
Arrival Activity: Who would win a battle if one side had more troops than the other? Explain.
Learning Activities: Read Chapter 19/Section 2 pages 585-589. Take Cornell Notes and write a section summary.
Summarizing Activity: Listen to CD of music from the Civil War. What types of sounds do you hear?
Relevant Practice/Homework: Define and identify page 585. Workbook page 19.2.
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Essential Question: (same)
Learning Objective: Students will examine General Ulysses S. Grant’s strategy for the Union army in the West, explain why the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi was important and
describe the fighting that took place in the far West.
Arrival Activity: What do you think the Union’s goals might have been for controlling lands in the West?
Learning Activities: Read Chapter 19/Section 3 pages 590-593. Take Cornell Notes and write a section summary.
Summarizing Activity: How were the American Indians important in the Battle of Pea Ridge?
Relevant Practice/Homework: Define and identify page 590. Workbook page 19.3.
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Essential Question: (same)
Learning Objective: Students will view chunks of the History Channel’s “The Civil War.”
Arrival Activity: Students will begin by taking a Chapter 19 Vocabulary test
Learning Activities: Students will become familiar with events leading up and through the fall of Vicksburg. Students will also analyze primary texts of
pictures from the civil war. Students will discuss with each other the significance of each picture and how they feel about them.
Summarizing Activity: Compare discussions of pictures.
Relevant Practice/Homework: none
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