Name: Carrie McMenaminLiving on the Home Front Class/Subject: 7th grade U.S.

History Date: 16 April 2013 Student Objectives/Student Outcomes: 1.Students will use their imagination and critical thinking skills to imagine what life was like for different characters in various scenarios during the Civil War. 2. Students will make decisions based on their scenario and present them to their classmates. Content Standards [Common Core, grades 6-8]: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source pro!ide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior "no#led$e or opinions. %%&his lesson is mostly a'out application. &he a'o!e standard is the only one in Common Core that seemed remotely rele!ant. &he students #ill accomplish this standard #hen they summari(e and present their scenario to their classmates. Materials/Resources/Technology: Worksheets from: http://telegraph.civilwar.org/education/curriculum/Middle/Middle%20School %20Curriculum.pdf (Scroll down almost exactly half way through for state-by-state scenarios: Jigsaw Activity) Teachers Goals: 1. I want to be lively and enthusiastic enough to inspire students to really use their imagination. 2. [Because the students are usually so reserved] I want to encourage them to have confidence to speak in front of their whole class. Time (38 minute class period)

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Start of Class: Tell the students: We have talked a lot about facts and people and places in the Civil War. Today, I want you to think about all that you have learned and really try to imagine what it meant to be living through the Civil War. Introduction of Lesson: Think/Pair/Share for part one and again for part two. 1. Ask students how our recent wars have affected them. Do this in a think/pair/share style. -Do they have relatives or neighbors who have served? -How often do they think about war? -Does it affect what they see in the news, what they read, eat, or do during the day? 2. Ask students if any of the ways that they have been affected overlap with the ways that people were affected on the home front during the Civil War. Lesson Instruction: -Have students get with partners. -Tell them that one will write answers and the other will share with the class. -Pass out state scenario sheets. -Tell students to pay attention to WHO you have and WHERE they live. Assessments/Checks for Understanding/Review:

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Have each pair come to the front of the classroom. They should present who their character is, where they are from, what their dilemmas are, and how they will solve and/or react to them.

Self-Assessment: See attached page