Friday, September 7, 2018


Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: September 10, 2018

week: 7

 
Description
M
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 11,12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRIVtBPUL-Y&index=11&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe
1. Explain classroom Civil War, pick leaders...5 bonus pts.
2. Civil War pretest & tally pretest points
3. Notes on secession reasons
Objective: test my Civil War knowledge. 
 
T
 
1. I Spy activity?
2. Read Lincoln: In His Own Words and do questions... due Wed.
Objective: gather information to determine identities.
 
W
 
1. Fort Sumter PowerPoint
2. Notes on war advantages
3. Civil War study guide... due Thursday
Objective: experience Fort Sumter & analyze war advantages.
 
Th
 
1. Read " Growing up during the Civil War" & graph handout
2. Weekly quiz #4, 5... Civil War/tally points
3. Read Lincoln: In His Own Words and do questions... due Thursday
Objective: empathize about the effects of war
 
F
 
1. Grade Lincoln worksheet/tally points
2. Watch first 10 minutes of Dances with Wolves and do three levels of questioning (data, inferences, questions)
3. Worksheet page 115 "The Civil War Begins," if time
Objective: make inferences from historical reenactments
 

Thursday, September 6, 2018


Weekly Lesson Plan

Date: September 3, 2018

Week: 6

 
Description
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Labor Day – no school
T
 
*Continue with 2 Indiana Bicentennial Minute video clips 9,10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEJuMSdCnnE&index=9&list=PL-xVwN6Ke-ajft0Y3tWHIGlD9L5AlFiKe
1. Finish slave statistic inferences from Friday
2. Read Growing up in Slavery article out loud/discuss
3. Go over and pass around slave auction lists
4. Read A Slave's Account.../write questions (4-7 in my documents)   
Objective: give examples of the injustice of slavery
 
W
*Professional development day – substitute
1. Finish A Slave's Account with questions
2. Slavery decision notes
3. Read Henry Box Brown in class, using "Read, Share, Inquire"
4. Slave auction article with questions… Due tomorrow
Objective: comprehend details about slavery
 
Th
 
**Read "Shrinking the World's Population" for trivia
1. Grade slave auction questions
2. Read Freedom Trail to class/pass around
3. The Constitutional Rights of Free African-Americans activity
Objective: explain how free African-Americans were really not free
 
F
 
1. Read Dred Scott Trial play and/or…
2. Histeria: Civil War "Harriet Tubman" 1:47 from beginning of Gettysburg address
Objective: test my knowledge of slavery.