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=**UMF LESSON PLAN FORMAT**=

**Grade Level: 11 Topic: Impact of the Civil War on the United States today.**

 * =**Objectives**:= ||
 * Student will understand the impact of the Civil War on the United States today. ||
 * Student will know the Civil War had an impact on race relations. ||
 * Student will be able to demonstrate the impact of the Civil War in society today. ||

E1 Historical Knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns Grade 9-Diploma**// "Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-1877" //**Students understand major eras, major enduring themes and historic influences in the United States and World history including the roots of democratic philosophy, ideals and institutions in the World.**// b. Analyze and critique major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences and people in the history of the United States and world and the implications for the present and future.
 * =**Maine Learning Results Alignment**= ||
 * //**Maine Learning Results:**// **Social Studies** //**- E. History


 * Rationale:** Show the lasting impact the Civil War has had on race relations on the current day United States. ||


 * =Assessment= ||
 * **Formative** (Assessment for Learning)
 * Students will be blogging about the impact on present day American race relations the Civil War had and the most important impact with details backing up their position. ||
 * **Summative** (Assessment of Learning)
 * Students will participate in a team-pair-solo to have a dialog about the race relations and the impact of the Civil War on them. ||

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 * =**Integration**= ||
 * English: Students are going to be in groups and communicating and therefore incorporation.

Geography: Students will be comparing the differences between the two regions in the conflict and their various tendencies towards race relations.

Technology: The students will be blogging their thoughts on the impact of the Civil War on present day race relations. The instructor will be using a video on a computer as a hook. ||


 * =**Groupings**= ||
 * he students will be paired up in groups of four by counting off by fours. They will then break off into their groups and have a discussion about the impact of the Civil War on race relations in present day America. There will be three roles assigned in the groups, a moderator, a recorder, and a reporter. Then they will pair off from their groups and eventually be individuals. ||


 * =Differentiated Instruction= ||
 * **Strategies**
 * Intrapersonal:** Students will have their own personal goals from their KWL chart.
 * Verbal:** Students will be discussing their ideas in a group setting and reporting out.
 * Interpersonal:** Students will be interacting in their groups.
 * Bodily-kinesthetic:** Students will be getting into their groups and moving from their desks.
 * Spatial:** Video will be used in the hook. ||
 * **Modifications/Accommodations**
 * //**I will review student’s IEP, 504 or ELLIDEP and make appropriate modifications and accommodations.**//
 * //**I will review student’s IEP, 504 or ELLIDEP and make appropriate modifications and accommodations.**//

When a student is absent from class unexpectedly they can go to the class wiki and get their required work for the day. If it is a planned absence then the student is expected to come see me beforehand and have the work done upon their return. ||
 * **Extensions**
 * Type II Technology - Students will start their blog to record their ideas on the impact of the Civil War on race relations in present day America, what they have learned, and what they expect to learn. ||

Textbooks Pen/Pencil Notebook ||
 * =Materials, Resources and Technology= ||
 * Laptops


 * =Source for Lesson Plan and Research= ||
 * This lesson plan was developed by myself using the MLR. Research will be found in the student's textbook and on web resources. ||


 * =Maine Standards for Initial Teacher Certification and Rationale= ||
 * __Standard 3__ - Demonstrates a knowledge of the diverse ways in which students learn and develop by providing learning opportunities that support their intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and cultural development.
 * Rationale:** The lesson integrates various intelligences found in the multiple intelligence theory. ||
 * __Standard 4__ - Plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, curriculum goals, and learning and development theory.
 * Rationale:** This fourth lesson takes into account the causes and themes and connects them to the present day. ||
 * __Standard 5__ - Understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies and appropriate technology to meet students’ needs.
 * Rationale:** Students need interaction and also personal reflective time and they gain that in this lesson through their group work and their individual blogging time. ||
 * __Standard 8__ - Understands and uses a variety of formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and support the development of the learner.
 * Rationale:** The group work and recorded material will show the instructor assessment on the group's understanding while the blog assess the individual's progress. ||


 * =Teaching and Learning Sequence:= ||
 * When the students enter the classroom they will enter with desks in groups of four which will be about five groups of desks in the classroom. The students will be hooked with a video while they are coming into the classroom. I will then have the students go into groups to discuss impact of the Civil War on race relations today. They will then report back to the class and finally blog about the ideas that they concentrated on. ||
 * I will now give the students time in groups to explore different possibilities of how the Civil War impacted race relations today.In the various groups I will be appointing a moderate, recorder, and a reporter. ||
 * After the groups are done discussing the impact on race relations they will report back to the class to spark a class discussion on the impact of the Civil War on race relations in present day America. Each group will have to give a brief report to the class. Then they will lead themselves in a class discussion until personal reflection time. ||
 * Finally, the students will self-assess and blog their thoughts on the impact of the war on race relations today. After blogging they may choose to begin on their powerpoint presentation in class. I will then review the blogs and post comments on the students personal reflection and thoughts. ||

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