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=**UMF LESSON PLAN FORMAT**=

**Grade Level: 11 Topic: Themes of the Civil War**

 * =**Objectives**:= ||
 * Student will understand the themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the Civil War. ||
 * Student will know major turning points and events in the war. ||
 * Student will be able to highlight the major events in the Civil War. ||

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 major themes, turning points, events, consequence, and people in the history of the Civil War and the impact it has had on United States history. ||


 * =Assessment= ||
 * **Formative** (Assessment for Learning)
 * Students will be blogging about the themes and turning points of the Civil War that they believe is the most important with details backing up their position. They will also be given a pre-assessment on the major players in the Civil War. ||
 * **Summative** (Assessment of Learning)
 * Students will participate in a jigsaw to have a dialog about the themes, turning points, and major players of the Civil War and why their various choices for most important themes, turning points, and major players are valid. ||

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

Geography: Students will be comparing the impact of the two regions on the major themes and turning points.

Technology: The students will be blogging their thoughts on the themes, turning points, and major players of the Civil War. The instructor will be using an image on a computer as a hook. ||


 * =**Groupings**= ||
 * The 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 themes, turning points, and major players of the Civil War. There will be three roles assigned in the groups, a moderator, a recorder, and a reporter. ||


 * =Differentiated Instruction= ||
 * ***Strategies** (MI's)
 * 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:** Pictures 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 blog to record their ideas on the themes and major events of the Civil War, what they have learned, and what they expect to learn. ||

Laptops Textbooks Pen/Pencil Notebook ||
 * =Materials, Resources and Technology= ||
 * Handout with web resources on the various themes, turning points, and important people of the Civil War


 * =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 is the second lesson that is building on the causes and highlighting major events in the war. ||
 * __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 an article while they are coming into the classroom. I will then have the students go into groups to discuss the themes, turning points, and major players in the Civil War. They will then report back to the class and finally blog about the ideas that they concentrated on. ||
 * I will now give the students a hand out to go over into groups. I will be handing out a list of major themes of the Civil War to the various groups and then appointing a moderate, recorder, and a reporter. ||
 * After the groups are done discussing the themes, turning points, and major players they will report back to the class to spark a class discussion on the themes, turning points, and major players of the Civil War. 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 themes, turning points, and major players of the war. I will then review the blogs and post comments on the students personal reflection and thoughts. ||

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