SIOP Lesson Plan s4

Social Studies SIOP Lesson Plan

Teacher: Michelle Dougherty Site: Valencia Time Required: 1 class period Grade: 7th

Unit/Theme The Civil War "Common Soldier Interview - 1863"

Standards SS07-S1C6 PO4: a,b

Content Objective(s) Students analyze the impact of the Civil War on common soldiers by performing and/or watching the common soldier interview.

Language Objective(s) Listening and Speaking - Student will express orally his or her own thinking and ideas; Student will listen actively to the interview and ideas of others Students will acquire English language vocabulary and use it in correct context Writing - Student will express his or her own thinking and ideas in writing

Key Vocabulary Materials Chambersburg, Pennsylvania -"Common Soldier Interview" - 1863 (from Interact Chancellorsville, VA simulation "Civil War") General George Meade - questions Stonewall Jackson -phrases Marse Lee Enfield

Technology Integration overhead projector

Preparation Fast Five: Have students copy down the following questions and phrases about the interview. Questions: What rations did the rebels usually receive? What is a shell jacket? Why do you suppose the South had so much trouble supplying the armies? Describe several punishments used by the officers. What kind of equipment did the Southern soldier carry after he became experienced? Phrases: puttin' on airs the deuce I will played out hirelings foraging sow belly blockade haversack

http://ushistory.tusd.us/participants.htm Lesson Sequence Prior to lesson: 1. Choose a group of students to stage (act out) the interview. Give the group a copy of the interview to review and prepare. Set up the classroom in a manner that will allow the interview to be the focal point. Put questions and phrases on the overhead to be copied by students. Lesson Sequence: 1. Stage the interview. Have students decipher vocabulary in context. Discussion Questions Students write a journal entry from the point of view of a soldier in the interview.

Application/Practice 1. Stage interview - students will watch chosen group perform interview. Discuss vocabulary phrases within context of interview and decipher meaning as a whole group. Answer discussion questions in small groups/discuss whole group. Assessment: Students will write journal entry from the point of view of a soldier that describes what life in the army is like. (Can be done as homework)

Review/Assessment Journal entry/discussion questions

Reflections “The Common Soldier Interview” is taken from the Interact Civil War simulation (highsmith.com)

http://ushistory.tusd.us/participants.htm