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

• Posterboard

• Glue• Scissors• Markers• Pen• Pictures from the

internet• Worksheets• Paper

• www.sasinschool.com

• http://www.wvtraditions.com/civil_war/index.aspx?source=overture&REF=&SCO=true

• www.civilwar.com

• http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/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.