US HISTORY – ESPINOSA, MALONE, TOMPKINS
DAY
Monday
03/26/12
Tuesday
03/27/12
WEEK FOUR / 5TH SIX WEEKS
Pre AP
Objective: The American Civil War:
8.8.A Explain the roles played by significant
individuals during the Civil War, including Jefferson
Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and
Abraham Lincoln, and heroes such as congressional
Medal of Honor recipients William Carney and Philip
Bazaar.
8.8.B Explain the causes of the Civil War, including
sectionalism, states' rights, and slavery, and
significant events of the Civil War, including the
firing on Fort Sumter; the battles of Antietam,
Gettysburg, and Vicksburg; the announcement of
the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee's surrender at
Appomattox Court House; the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln.
9.7.D Identify the provisions and compare the
effects of congressional conflicts and compromises
prior to the Civil War, including the roles of John
Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and
Daniel Webster.
8.18.C Evaluate the impact of selected landmark
Supreme Court decisions, including Dred Scott v.
Sandford, on life in the United States.
8.8.C Analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty,
equality, union, and government as contained in his
first and second inaugural addresses and the
Gettysburg Address and contrast them with the
ideas contained in Jefferson Davis's inaugural
address.
8.22.A Analyze the leadership qualities of elected
and appointed leaders of the United States such as
George Washington, John Marshall, and Abraham
Lincoln.
On Level
Objective: The American Civil War:
8.8.A Explain the roles played by significant
individuals during the Civil War, including Jefferson
Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and
Abraham Lincoln, and heroes such as congressional
Medal of Honor recipients William Carney and Philip
Bazaar.
8.8.B Explain the causes of the Civil War, including
sectionalism, states' rights, and slavery, and
significant events of the Civil War, including the
firing on Fort Sumter; the battles of Antietam,
Gettysburg, and Vicksburg; the announcement of
the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee's surrender at
Appomattox Court House; the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln.
9.7.D Identify the provisions and compare the
effects of congressional conflicts and compromises
prior to the Civil War, including the roles of John
Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and
Daniel Webster.
8.18.C Evaluate the impact of selected landmark
Supreme Court decisions, including Dred Scott v.
Sandford, on life in the United States.
8.8.C Analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty,
equality, union, and government as contained in his
first and second inaugural addresses and the
Gettysburg Address and contrast them with the
ideas contained in Jefferson Davis's inaugural
address.
8.22.A Analyze the leadership qualities of elected
and appointed leaders of the United States such as
George Washington, John Marshall, and Abraham
Lincoln.
Guiding Question: What is an ironclad?
Guiding Question: What is an ironclad?
Activity:
 Warm Up: Get out Chapter 16 & 17 Notes
 Notes: FINISH Chapter 16 & 17
 Civil War Video
Activity:
 Warm Up: Get out Chapter 16 & 17 Notes
 Notes: FINISH Chapter 16 & 17
 Civil War Video
Assessment: Closer: Create a mnemonic device to
remember the battles from the Civil War.
Assessment: Closer: Create a mnemonic device to
remember the battles from the Civil War.
Homework: None
Objective: The American Civil War:
Homework: None
Objective: The American Civil War:
Guiding Question: What makes a historical event
Guiding Question: What makes a historical event
US HISTORY – ESPINOSA, MALONE, TOMPKINS
Wednesday
03/28/12
Thursday
03/29/12
Friday
03/30/12
WEEK FOUR / 5TH SIX WEEKS
memorable?
memorable?
Activity:
 Warm Up: Download Historical Marker
Assignment from Netschool
 Historical Marker Assignment
Activity:
 Warm Up: Download Historical Marker
Assignment from Netschool
 Historical Marker Assignment
Assessment: Closer: What significant Civil War
event is most important to you and why?
Assessment: Closer: What significant Civil War
event is most important to you and why?
Homework: Historical Marker Due Friday
STAAR 8th Grade Reading
Homework: Historical Marker Due Friday
STAAR 8th Grade Reading
PM:
 Civil War Video
 Work on Historical Marker
STAAR 8th Grade Math
PM:
 Civil War Video
 Work on Historical Marker
STAAR 8th Grade Math
PM:
 Civil War Video
 Work on Historical Marker
Objective: The American Civil War:
PM:
 Civil War Video
 Work on Historical Marker
Objective: The American Civil War:
Guiding Question: What significant events took
place during the Civil War?
Guiding Question: What significant events took
place during the Civil War?
Activity:
 Warm Up: Get out Historical Marker
 Presentations: Historical Marker
Activity:
 Warm Up: Get out Historical Marker
 Presentations: Historical Marker
Assessment: Closer: Why do we create markers to
commemorate historical events?
Assessment: Closer: Why do we create markers to
commemorate historical events?
Homework: None
Homework: None
Key Understandings: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S.
Grant, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Fort Sumter,
Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Shiloh, Battle of
Vicksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Appomattox Court
House, Emancipation Proclamation
Key Vocabulary: Emancipate, Abolish, Assassinate
Key Understandings: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S.
Grant, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Fort Sumter,
Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Shiloh, Battle of
Vicksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Appomattox Court
House, Emancipation Proclamation
Key Vocabulary: Emancipate, Abolish, Assassinate