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Teacher Resources
Billy Yank and Johhny Reb: Soldiers' Lives in the American Civil War

TARGETED LEARNING STYLES:

  • Field Dependent, Field Independent
  • Global Understanding, Analytical Understanding
  • Visual, Active, Reflective

TEACHER TIPS and TOOLS
How to implement engaging research, including mini-skills lessons, and professional resources.

MORE GREAT CIVIL WAR LESSONS:

TIME FRAME:

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  • Research: 2-3 periods in the library and/or computer lab
  • Completion of product (Civil War Soldier's Journal):
    1-2 periods in the classroom or computer lab,
    or assign as homework
  • Conclusion activities (Sharing of journals, Content Constructed Response):
    1-2 periods in the classroom


Grade Level/
Content Area/ Unit:
 Grade 8 Social Studies - The Civil War: America at War with Itself
Focus:
Enduring Understanding

Indicator: Students will describe war time experiences of soldiers and civilians in order to draw conclusions about the war’s impact on quality of life conditions.
Essential Question: How did soldiers' expectations about Civil War life
compare to their actual wartime experiences?
MSDE Voluntary State Curriculum: Social Studies Content Standards/ Core Learning Goals
Objective: Examine the conditions under which the soldiers on both sides of the Civil War lived and fought (History C.5.d)

National Content Standards for Social Studies
(National Council for the Social Studies)

 II. Time, Continuity, and Change
  • Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ways human beings view themselves in and over time.

AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

  • Learners use skills, resources and tools to:

      • Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
      • Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.
      • Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.
      • Pursue Personal and aesthetic growth.
National
Technology Education
Standards for Students
(International Society for
Technology in Education)
  • 1. Basic operations and concepts:
    • Students are proficient in the use of technology.
  • 2. Social, ethical, and human issues
    • Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information, and software.
    • Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.
  • 3. Technology productivity tools:
    • Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
    • Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.
  • 4. Technology communications tools
    • Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.
  • 5. Technology research tools:
    • Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
enGauge
21st Century Skills
(NCREL)
  • Technological Literacy
  • Visual Literacy
  • Information Literacy

Last update: Novemeber 2010, by Michael Morgan
Created by: Kelly Ray, Library Media Specialist
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