**Weekly Agenda 2015-2016
Mrs. Mayer 7-1 Maltese Falcons General SS & ADV SS
**Lessons are subject to change due to pacing dependent on student understanding.
Arizona Social Studies Standards
Analyze the factors leading to the Civil War:
S1.C6.PO2
Determine the significance of the following events of the Civil War:
a. Firing on Fort Sumter
b. Major battles – Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg
c. Enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation
d. Sherman’s march
e. Surrender at Appomattox
S1.C6.PO3
Describe significance of the following individuals or groups in the Civil War:
a. Political leaders (i.e., Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis)
b. Military Leaders (e.g., Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson)
c. Role of African-Americans
d. Role of Women
S1.C6.PO4
Analyze the impact of the Civil War on the following personal, social, and economic aspects of American life:
a. Americans fighting Americans
b. High casualties caused by disease and the type of warfare
c. Widespread destruction of American property
d. Change in status of freed slaves
e. Value of railroads and industry
AZCCRS: Arizona College and Career Readiness Standards:
6-8.RH.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources
6-8.RH.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary and secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source
distinct from prior knowledge or opinions
6-8.RH.9 Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic
6-8.WHST.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose,
and audience.
6-8.WHST.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
Essential Question: What factors created sectionalism in the United States prior to the Civil War?
Teacher’s NOTES/pdf files will be on website under ISN notes tab
Monday: October 12-No School
Bellwork
Objective/Task:
Homework:
Tuesday: October 13
Bellwork: : fill in agenda for the week
Objective/Task: Students will analyze the strengths and weakness of the North and South at
the start of the Civil War by completing a foldable
Homework: finish foldable-use “Discovering Our Past” chp 17, pages 452-454. (online version
available on website)
Wednesday: October 14
Bellwork: What is a strength of the North?
Objective/Task: students will describe a soldier’s life during the Civil War(notes)
Homework:
Thursday: October 15
Bellwork: What is a strength of the South?
Objective/Task: students will understand relationship between new technology and high
casualty rate. (notes)
Homework: study for quiz on secession and beginning of war
Friday: October 16
Bellwork: What is the Anaconda Plan?
Objective/Task: clicker quiz on beginning of Civil War-ISN pages 26-33
Homework: