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Unit Overview

Unit Plan Topic: The Civil War

Curriculum-Framing Questions

Rationale: What is thecritical idea that you

hope students will

learn in this unit?

Students will understand how the events of the CivilWar shaped the late nineteenth century and how those

events continue to affect the world today.

Unit Summary:

What kinds of activities, projects, formative and summative assessments will students

be involved in?

This unit is for a fifth grade social studies classroom. I have just finished a unit onslavery and the Underground Railroad. We are now progressing into the events of the

Civil War. I will discuss the causes and effects of the war, influential individuals whobecame famous for their contributions to the war or surrounding cultural issues,

famous battles that took place and how they impacted history, important legislationthat arose from the war, and the modern day effects the war has on U.S. society. I willengage the students in a timeline activity, the acting out of a play, an autobiography

as a famous Civil War contributor, and several others. I will use quizzes, diary entries,and exit cards as formative assessments. Students will complete a summative

assessment at the end of the unit that requires them to distinguish the most importantevents and individuals of the Civil War and how those events and individuals have

influenced modern day society.

Related Standards (Iowa Core)

Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of

power, authority, and governance.

Understand the role of culture and cultural diffusion on the development and

maintenance of societies.

Understand the role of individuals and groups within a society as promoters

of change or the status quo.

Content (the know)

What are the important concepts, vocabulary, and key ideas for the unit?

Vocabulary

Union

Confederacy

Compromise

Secession

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Amendment

Influential Contributors

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant

Frederick DouglassJefferson Davis

Harriet Tubman

Robert E. Lee

Thomas Jackson

Clara Barton

George McClellan

Famous Battles

Fort Sumter

Battle at Bull Run

Shiloh

Antietam

Gettysburg

Vicksburg

Political Doctrine

Gettysburg Address

Emancipation Proclamation

Constitutional Amendment 13

Constitutional Amendment 14

Constitutional Amendment 15

Student Objectives (competencies, be able to do):

Unit Objectives (can be broad for entire unit orspecific related to individual lessons)

Knowledge Level (BloomsRevised Taxonomy)

Students will identify key individuals and theircontributions to the time period of the Civil

War.

1 (Remembering)

Students will examine the political doctrine ofthe Civil War and how it has affected their

civil rights.

4 (Analyzing)

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Students will construct a timeline of majorCivil War events and examine how theindividual events influenced the war as a

whole.

4 (Analyzing)

Students will determine the possible effectson their world had the Confederates won the

Civil War.

5 (Evaluating)

Students will compose an autobiography as agiven influential contributor of the Civil War

era.

6 (Creating)