Roselle
Social Studies Curriculum
Unit Title: America’s Reconstruction Grade: 8th
Essential Question(s)
Enduring Understanding(s)
1. In what ways did the Civil War transform the nation?
2. What role did African-Americans take after the war?
3. How did a deeply divided nation move on after the Civil War?
4. How effective were the 13th, 14th, and 15thin advancing civil rights?
1. The war, and its aftermath, had lasting impact on the nation that
in some ways are still felt today.
2. Sectional differences began to emerge as early as the
Constitutional Convention which would continue to deepen.
3. African-Americans played an essential role in the North’s war
effort.
4. The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments made great strides in civil
rights, but those advances were short lived.
New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, 2009
A. Civics, Government, and Human Rights
6.1.8.A.5.b-Compare and contrast the approaches of Congress and Presidents Lincoln and Johnson toward the reconstruction of the South.*
C. Economics, Innovation, and Technology
6.1.8.C.5.b-Analyze the economic impact of Reconstruction on the South from different perspectives.*
D. History, Culture, and Perspectives
6.1.8.D.5.d-Analyze the effectiveness of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution from multiple perspectives.*
Summative Assessment Task
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Roselle
Social Studies Curriculum
Unit Title: America’s Reconstruction Grade: 8th
Learning Expectations
WAL To/That…
6.1.8.A.5.b
WALT label and describe
the approaches of
Congress and Presidents
Lincoln and Johnson
toward the reconstruction
of the South
WALT Compare and
contrast the approaches of
Congress and Presidents
Lincoln and Johnson
toward the reconstruction
of the South
Activities/Instructional
Procedures
Student
Strategies/Modification/
Differentiation
One-to-one instruction.
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Small group instruction.
Written and oral
instructions.
Heterogeneous groups
based on benchmark.
Peer tutoring.
Bilingual
dictionaries/vocabulary
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Formative Assessments
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established and
reviewed by teacher.
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WALT critique and
compose the approaches
of Congress and Presidents
Lincoln and Johnson
toward the reconstruction
of the South
6.1.8.C.5.b
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Roselle
Social Studies Curriculum
Unit Title: America’s Reconstruction Grade: 8th
WALT locate and
comprehend economic
impact of Reconstruction
on the South
WALT examine and
produce the economic
impact of Reconstruction
on the South from
different perspectives
Exemplars displayed.
Small group instruction.
Written and oral
instructions.
Heterogeneous groups
based on benchmark.
Peer tutoring.
Bilingual
dictionaries/vocabulary
Audio
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One-to-one instruction.
Exemplars displayed.
Small group instruction.
Written and oral
instructions.
Heterogeneous groups
based on benchmark.
Peer tutoring.
Bilingual
dictionaries/vocabulary
Audio
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Interim deadlines
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reviewed by teacher.
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questions.
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WALT critique and
formulate the economic
impact of Reconstruction
on the South from
different perspectives
6.1.8.D.5.d
WALT to outline and
paraphrase the 13th, 14th,
and 15th Amendments to
the United States
Constitution
WALT analyze and solve
the effectiveness of the
13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments to the
United States Constitution
CAR © Bormann & Wright
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established and
reviewed by teacher.
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questions.
Quizzes.
Class notes.
Journal entries.
Graphic organizers
Roselle
Social Studies Curriculum
Unit Title: America’s Reconstruction Grade: 8th
WALT criticize and
synthesize the
effectiveness of the 13th,
14th, and 15th
Amendments to the
United States Constitution
from multiple perspectives
CAR © Bormann & Wright
One-to-one instruction.
Exemplars displayed.
Small group instruction.
Written and oral
instructions.
Heterogeneous groups
based on benchmark.
Peer tutoring.
Bilingual
dictionaries/vocabulary
Audio
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One-to-one instruction.
Exemplars displayed.
Small group instruction.
Written and oral
instructions.
Heterogeneous groups
based on benchmark.
Peer tutoring.
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Exit tickets.
Interim deadlines
established and
reviewed by teacher.
Answering teacher
questions.
Quizzes.
Class notes.
Journal entries.
Graphic organizers
Exit tickets.
Interim deadlines
established and
reviewed by teacher.
Answering teacher
questions.
Quizzes.
Class notes.
Olympian Gods and
Goddesses Power-point
presentation.
Roselle
Social Studies Curriculum
Unit Title: America’s Reconstruction Grade: 8th
CAR © Bormann & Wright
Bilingual
dictionaries/vocabulary
Audio
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Journal entries.
One-to-one instruction.
Exemplars displayed.
Small group instruction.
Written and oral
instructions.
Heterogeneous groups
based on benchmark.
Peer tutoring.
Bilingual
dictionaries/vocabulary
Audio
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Exit tickets.
Interim deadlines
established and
reviewed by teacher.
Answering teacher
questions.
Quizzes.
Class notes.
Journal entries.
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Graphic organizers
Graphic organizers