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Description
OVERVIEW
In this lesson, students will identify key terms and concepts, match cause and effect relationships, create short answer responses, and answer practice test questions.
LESSON TIME
This lesson will take approximately 45 to 60 minutes. Exact times may vary based on the specific needs of individual classes.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
- What significant information do we need to know to be successful on the unit 8: Civil War?
Teacher Tools
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Lesson Plan, Teacher Guide, Primary Sources Used
Downloadable/editable versions of this lesson plan, including a step-by-step guide through the lesson. When applicable, a list of primary sources used in the lesson is also included.
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This ready-to-use classroom slideshow contains the warm-up exercise, the daily objective, the “We will / I will” statements, and the essential question for the lesson.
It guides the class through the assignment providing larger versions of images, visual representations of the directions, and supports for reading, taking notes, and answering questions including sentence stems for in-class responses. It concludes with the exit ticket.
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This printable material provides a set of flash cards with information about key people, places, events, terms, and topics from the unit. The material can be printed, cards cut out, and used to enhance student information recognition and recall.
Student Activities
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Warm-up and Exit Ticket
In this printable warm-up / bell-ringer activity, students will identify key concepts and topics from the Civil War that they think are likely to be on the Unit 8 test based on a graphic organizer providing nine possible topic options. They will not choose every option (several options present themes and topics from earlier units not relevant to the Civil War.)
In this exit ticket, students will complete the prompts in a graphic organizer self-assessing their preparedness for the Unit 8 test.
The Warm-up and Exit Ticket document includes two warm-ups on the front of the page and two exit tickets on the back of the page. This formatting reduces the number of copies needed, as teachers will cut each printed page in half. Each student will receive a half-page with the warm-up on the front and the exit on the back.
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In this printable assignment, students will use a word bank to match 10 key terms with their best description; students match 6 cause statements with their correct effect; students answer 7 practice test questions based on 8th Grade STAAR item types including Multi-Select, Match Table Grid, and paper-adapted versions of Hot Spot. Short, Constructed Response questions contain sentence stems to guide responses.
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Foundation Student Work
In this printable assignment, students will choose the best description from three possible options for each key term related to the unit; students match 6 cause statements with their correct effect with two answer options provided; students answer 7 practice test questions based on 8th Grade STAAR item types including Multi-Select, Match Table Grid, and paper-adapted versions of Hot Spot. Questions with multiple answer options have one answer eliminated. The Short, Constructed Response option provides sentence stems and response options to guide student responses.
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Advanced Student Work
In this printable assignment, students will use a word bank of 12 possible options to match 10 key terms with their best description; students match 8 cause statements with their correct effect; students answer 7 practice test questions based on 8th Grade STAAR item types including Multi-Select, Match Table Grid, and paper-adapted versions of Hot Spot.
Sources
Previews and links to sources referenced in this lesson.
- Reading the Emancipation Proclamation
- Confederate fortifications reinforced with bales of cotton
- Abraham Lincoln, the lawyer-statesman
- Emancipation Day in South Carolina
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Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.) Saturday, October 26, 1861
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