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Name:___Elizabeth Ossy__ Unit Plan EOssy | EOssy Lesson 1| EOssy Lesson 2 | EOssy Lesson 3 | EOssy Lesson 4 | EOssy Lesson 5

Why did the Civil War happen? How was the country affected? || Segment #1 (Artifact: link to real world, website, book, picture, etc.) || [|America Divided Video History Channel] [|Meaning of Civil War Video - Histroy Channel] These videos help to explain the beginning of the Civil War and what the war meant to so many people. This will help to have the students understand why the political and economic reason for both the North and South were the major reasons for the war. || (Factual information/Vocab Includes sample feedback loop) || Review concept of State Sovereignty- states having full rights over the land. [|http://www.history.com/topics/confederate-states-of-america] Vocab. overview. **secession** - withdrawal from the Union. This all goes to the idea that the Southern states seceded. South carolina was the first state to leave the Union in Dec. 1860, in Feb. 1861 TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, and GA seceded. The final four Southern states did not want to seceded for political reasons but they finally did after the attack on Fort Sumter. || (Includes multiple intelligence strategy: Hands-on, small groups, reteaching strategy) || Have the class spilt into 4 groups two for the North and two for the South (this will help them for their Glogster project) have them research 5 major reasons, besides slavery, for the Civil War. They will chose from a list provided in class.They will have to have supporting details for the reasons. The Southern group should consider the difference between the northern South states and the southern South states. || (Detailed directions on how to complete activity) || The Students will create a Glogster poste. Use pictures, text, sound any thing that will portray the reasons for the Civil War. They will include social, economic, and political issues on why the Civil War begun. They will follow the rubric and instruction video. ||
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 * Subject Area: || Social Studies ||
 * Grade Level: || Eighth ||
 * Unit Title: || Civil War ||
 * GLCEs/ HSCE: || 8 – U5.2.1 Explain the reasons (political, economic, and social) why Southern states seceded and explain the differences in the timing of secession in the Upper and Lower South. (C3, E1.2) (National Geography Standard 6, p. 154) ||
 * METS-S/NETS-T || TECH: NETS 3D Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning ||
 * Essential Questions: || Why did the South secede from the Union?
 * Objectives: || Students will be divided into groups of 5 or 6 and will present and create a poster, using pictures/text, on glogster showing the political, social, or economic reasons for the South seceding from the North; given a rubric they must score threes or above. ||
 * Tools and Resources: || SmartBoard, Internet, Glogster ||
 * Rationale: || Understanding the political, social, and economic issues on why the country was divided. Being able to see both sides of the conflict and comprehend why the events happened. ||
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 * Anticipatory Questions/Activity: || Ask the students if they were ever made to do something that they did not want to do? ( yes homework) How did that make them feel? 9 bored stressed) Did they want to argue their point and fight against authority? (Hopefully the answer is yes) This will help lead into to the political reasons for the secession of the South. ||
 * Body of Lesson Plan:
 * Segment #2
 * States' rights** - rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution; the belief that states ' rights supersede federal rights and law.
 * Segment #3
 * Segment #4