Student Intern: Karen Bolick

Date(s) to be taught: 12/2 through 12/5

5th Grade First block 8:05 9:50

Subject / Content Area: Social Studies Language Arts
Common Core/Essential Standards: Social Studies 5.H.1.3 Analyze the impact of major conflicts,
battles and wars on the development of our nation through Reconstruction. Language Arts RI. 7 Draw
on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a
question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. RI.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area. W.3 Write
narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive
details, and clear event sequences. W.3.b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and
pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Lesson Objective: The students will understand the cultural differences between the North and South,
economics, and other causes and results of the Civil War and the impact of Reconstruction.
Assessment strategy: Student learning will be assessed through informal observation during the lecture,
the completion of the graphic organizers, and at the end of the unit, the students will complete a writing
project either a Civil War soldiers diary entry or a continuation of the story Pink and Say.
General Description of Procedures:
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday
Friday

Intro to Unit
Culture of the North and South (Google docs can be accessed here)
North / South Venn Diagram
Exit Ticket
Compromise of 1850 Reconstruction (Prezi can be accessed)
Compromise of 1850 free states / slave states / states rights
Abolitionists and Underground Railroad
Election of 1860
War overview of battles
Surrender and assassination
Constitutional Amendments
Exit Ticket
Personal Perspectives on the war
Several primary sources will be viewed to show how lives were affected by the Civil War:
http://books.google.com/books?id=IAuexHitMboC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs
_ViewAPI#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/plantation/ps_stone.html
http://www.civilwardiary.net/
Pink and Say read aloud
Class will have a guest speaker and DARE I will be observing in 3rd grade
Students will write either a continuation of Pink and Say or a journal entry from the
perspective of a person directly affected by the Civil War

Name ______________________________

Exit Ticket

Name ______________________________

North or South?

North or South?

Using the word bank at the bottom, correctly identify as either part of the
Northern or Southern culture and climate. (Some terms may fit both
categories!)

Southern Region

Exit Ticket

Northern Region

WORD BANK
rivers, mountains, foothills, plains, fertile soil, long summers, cold
winters, rocky soil, dense forests, large cities, late frost, large farms,
industrialized, slave labor

Using the word bank at the bottom, correctly identify as either part of the
Northern or Southern culture and climate. (Some terms may fit both
categories!)

Southern Region

Northern Region

WORD BANK
rivers, mountains, foothills, plains, fertile soil, long summers, cold
winters, rocky soil, dense forests, large cities, late frost, large farms,
industrialized, slave labor

Name __________________________________

Northern States

Southern States

Name:__________________________________

Name:__________________________________

1. List one event that caused the United States to break apart.
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
2. How did arguments over slavery and states rights lead to a civil
war?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
3. What is one way people fought against slavery?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
4. List two differences between the North and the South.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________

1. List one event that caused the United States to break apart.
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
2. How did arguments over slavery and states rights lead to a civil
war?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
3. What is one way people fought against slavery?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
4. List two differences between the North and the South.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________

Name:__________________________________

Name:__________________________________

1. List one event that caused the United States to break apart.
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
2. How did arguments over slavery and states rights lead to a civil
war?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
3. What is one way people fought against slavery?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
4. List two differences between the North and the South.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________

1. List one event that caused the United States to break apart.
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
2. How did arguments over slavery and states rights lead to a civil
war?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
3. What is one way people fought against slavery?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
4. List two differences between the North and the South.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________