Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: September 26, 2016

Week: 10

	Description
M	1. Classroom policies quiz 2. Pass around Kayleigh's letter & Special Report mag. 3. Read "Blood at the Root" article out loud (in file cabinet). 4.  If time, read Grandfather Clauses article (my documents) Objective: see the KKK today & review the Civil War & Reconstruction
T	1.  Reconstruction quiz 2.  Civil War/Reconstruction head to head combat review Objective: identify and explain the Civil War and Reconstruction
W	1. Slavery/Civil War/Reconstruction Test 2. Begin working on chapter Native American study guide Objective: identify and explain the Civil War and Reconstruction
Th	1. Video clip on Trail of tears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOBpy3XQDoM 2. Show map on Trail of Tears: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Trails_of_Tears_en.png 3. Read Blankets for the Dead in Us & Them using Savings & Loan reading strategy... or read Samuel's Memory instead (in file folder) Objective: empathize with the plight of Native Americans
F	1. Show map of Indian reservations today: http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/512indre.pdf 2. Watch how Native Americans used the Buffalo: http://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/native-american-cultures/videos/the-buffalo-and-native-americans 3. Watch Dances with Wolves clip with Buffalo (1:10 past earlier clip) 4. See Colonel Chivington's quotation in My Documents Objective: describe & empathize with Native American life

Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: September 19, 2016

Week: 9

 

	Description
M	1. 100 students complete the Social Studies Student Survey from NCSS 2. Use laptops to do worksheet ("Killing Lincoln" in My Documents) http://killinglincoln.nationalgeographic.com/  Objective: utilize the web to analyze Lincoln's death
T	1.  Complete "Killing Lincoln" worksheet/turn in 2. Lincoln's death: Mr. Neylon will... *read highlights from In the Line of Fire booklet/read copied stories *show start of National Treasure: Book of Secrets *show the following photographs from the gallows & analyze http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYa0WC6NBjs *show my Ford's Theater PowerPoint/pass around 3 laminated photos *read my info about John Parker and Dr. Samuel Mudd *read similarity sheet of Lincoln & JFK (see History Mystery e-mail for an electronic version) Objective: summarize the events of Lincoln's assassination
W	1. Reconstruction Plan 2 activity (in My Documents) Objective: solve the problem of reuniting the country
Th	1. Continue Reconstruction Plan 2 activity (in My Documents). 2. worksheet page 108 Objective: solve the problem of reuniting the country
F	*Grade worksheet 1. Finish Reconstruction Plan 2 -- 3 to 5 minute presentations/vote 2. Notes on KKK & methods used to deny votes to blacks Objective: analyze the effects of the KKK on civil rights

           

Weekly Lesson Plan

 

Date: September 12, 2016

Week: 8

	Description
M	1. Andersonville prison lesson: show pictures and diary (short version) 2. Share draft certificate and letter to parents 3. Part of Histeria: Total War (Sherman) Objective: analyze and make inferences on Civil War POW treatment
T	1. Explain Grant, Stonewall Jackson, and Ambrose Burnside's names (show pictures) 2. Read Gettysburg Address on screen (my documents)/watch Histeria clip 3. Read Lincoln Didn't Quit to class 4. If time... show my Arlington National Cemetery PowerPoint Objective: analyze the purpose and effects of the Gettysburg Address
W	1. Show Arlington National Cemetery PowerPoint 2. Show Glory enlistment, basic training video clips Objective: explain the treatment of black soldiers during the Civil War
Th	1. Share guest speaker notes 2. Glory discrimination clip... short response questionnaire #1, 3, & 5 Objective: give examples of why the Civil War was fought
F	1. Notes/discuss how Civil War affects us 2. Glory battle clip... read electronic excerpt of a letter from Col. Shaw/discuss (questionnaire #2, 6, & 7) Objective: apply lessons of the Civil War to us today

Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: September 5, 2016

week: 7

	Description
M	Labor Day!
T	1. Finish Proposing a Memorial for Clara Barton activity Groups present to class & class votes on the best 2. Fort Sumter powerpoint Objective: appreciate Clara Barton's contributions
W	·          Switch Wednesday and Thursday back next year (prof. development this year) 1. Watch first 10 minutes of Dances with Wolves and do three levels of questioning (data, inferences, questions) 2. Show North/South map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_Map_1864_including_Civil_War_Divisions.png 3.  Begin Civil War study guide... due Friday Objective: make inferences from historical reenactments
Th	1. Worksheet page 115 "The Civil War Begins" 2. Read " Growing up during the Civil War" page 379 in old textbook 3. See casualties graph on page 394 in old textbook 4. Continue with Civil War study guide Objective: empathize about the effects of war
F	1.  Grade page 115 worksheet 2. Give notes on war advantages & discuss 3. Pass around Civil War bullets 4. Grade study guide/discuss... quiz 5 if time Objective: analyze & compare war advantages