2. Analyze the Learner
Students are in the ninth grade. There are twenty-eight
students in the class. The class is composed of sixteen
girls and twelve boys, with two Hispanic students and
one African-American student.
3. Main Objective
● Students will be able to demonstrate their
knowledge of the American Civil War. This will
include knowledge of its causes, important battles,
and important figures to the war. At the end of the
unit lesson students will demonstrate this to 90%
competency by giving a group presentation on a
chosen aspect of the war to the class.
4. Day One
● Students will learn about the different events that
played a role in starting the War.
● They will also learn about the social climate that
existed at the time that played a part.
● Students will create posters on Glogster to
demonstrate their understanding of the lesson
● At the end of class the students will be assigned a
group and given their presentation assignment.
5. Day Two
● Students will learn about the how the north and the
south responded to succession and the outbreak of
Civil War.
● To get a better understanding of the Confederate
side of the war students will work on and complete a
webquest focused on the Confederacy and its
important figures.
6. Day Three
● The students will learn about the more important
battles of the war and the generals who fought them.
● The students will also learn a bit about the military
technology of the time.
● The students will go on a virtual tour through
Second Life of Gettysburg to get a better idea of the
battle.
7. Day Four
● Students will present their group presentations to the
rest of the class.
● To keep the students interest during the presentation
they will have to tweet out some new information
they learned after the presentation is over.
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8. Technology
● Day One: Glogster, Wikispaces, PowerPoint, and
Smart Board, YouTube
● Day Two: PowerPoint, Zunal webquest, wikispaces
● Day Three: PowerPoint, Second Life, wikispaces
● Day Four: PowerPoint, Twitter, Smart Board
