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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND REHABILITATION

UNIVERSIT Y OF MAINE AT FARMINGT ON LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Teacher’s Name: Keith Mahoney Date of Lesson: Lesson 1 Grade Level: 11 Topic: Causes of the Civil War

Objectives Student will understand the causes of the Civil War. Student will know the difference and similarities between the different sides in the war. Student will be able to explain the causes of the Civil War.

Maine Learning Results Alignment

Maine Learning Results: Social Studies - E. History 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.

Rationale: Show the importance of the causes of the Civil War and the impact it had on the United States during that time period.

Assessment

Formative (Assessment for Learning) Students will be blogging about the causes of the Civil War that they believe is the most important with details backing up their position. Students will participate in a jigsaw to have a dialogue about the causes of the Civil War and why their various choices for most important causes are valid. Summative (Assessment of Learning) The blogs that are being written for the formative assessment will be graded based on a rubric that will be provided and pertain to elements needed within the assessment.

Integration English: Students are going to be in groups incorporating English through reading the handouts, typing in their blogs, and also by listening to their classmates.

Geography: Students will be comparing the differences between the North and the South in the conflict as a cause of the Civil War.

Technology: The students will be blogging their thoughts on the cause of the Civil War from the questions on the handout. The instructor will be using an image with music 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 causes of the Civil War. There will be three roles assigned in the groups, a moderator, a recorder, and a reporter. The students will be assessed by their input in the group and in the class discussion sparked by their report.

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: Pictures will be used in the hook. Musical: Music will be used in the hook.

Modifications/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 causes of the Civil War, what they have learned, and what they expect to learn.

Materials, Resources and Technology Handout on the various causes of the Civil War Laptops Textbooks Pen/Pencil Notebook

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 with web resources, http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/civilwar/a/CivilWarCauses.htm. http://www.civilwarmusic.net/musicfiles/battlehymn.mp3

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. This lesson incorporates pictures, music, and blogging as resources to tailor to the multiple intelligences. It also provides social time in groups as well as personal reflective time.

• Standard 4 - Plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, curriculum goals, and learning and development theory. Rationale: This first lesson will be the base of the unit with the students gaining knowledge about the start of the Civil War and will be used throughout the unit. The subject matter being taught goes along with analysis of historical themes by explaining the causes of the Civil War, i.e. Slavery, Regionalization, Abolitionism.

• 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. This lesson also incorporates the various MI's by having spatial and musical elements while incorporating bodily kinesthetic properties.

• 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. The part of the lesson where the students will be blogging by themselves will be graded according to a rubric that will be provided to the students during the class.

Teaching and Learning Sequence:

1. 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 image and music playing in the background while they are coming into the classroom. In their groups I will show them visually how to set up their blog accounts for the class and their assignment. I will then have the groups discuss the causes of the Civil War based upon the hand out they receive in their groups. They will then report back to the class and finally blog about the causes that they concentrated on. (20 Min). What, Where, Why, Hook, Verbal, Spatial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Bodily-kinesthetic.

2. After the groups have gone over the handout about the causes of the Civil War the class will be led in a discussion about the various causes of the Civil War. Each group will have to give a brief report to the class. The discussion will include the various causes that were on their handouts and also what will be found in the textbook that they read from. They will then be asked some clarifying questions by the instructor to make sure the students understand the concepts that are being discussed. (30 Min). Equip, Verbal, Spatial, Bodily-kinesthetic, and Interpersonal.

3. After the class is done discussing the causes they will report on their blog the causes of the Civil War and answer questions that are on the projector. During this time the students will be doing their assessments and able to express themselves through their blog and their ideas on the causes of the Civil War. (25 Min). Explore, Experience, Rethink, Revise, Verbal, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Bodily-kinesthetic.

4. This lesson will allow the instructor to assess the learning of the students through their answers to the blog by posting comments for feedback. This lesson connects to the other lessons in the unit because it is the first one. This is the building block on which the other lessons will be built upon. Without the causes of the Civil War there is no Civil War therefore this lesson is the most essential to the unit. (15 Min). Evaluate, Intrapersonal, and Bodily-kinesthetic. Reflection: