**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: Describe the impact that political, military, and various groups had on the Civil
Teacher’s NOTES/pdf files will be on website under ISN notes tab
Monday: November 2
Bellwork: fill in agenda for the week
Objective/Task: Role of African Americans in the Civil War (page 42 of ISN)
Homework:
Tuesday: November 3
Bellwork: How did General Jackson get his nickname, “Stonewall”?
Objective/Task: Students will understand the economic and political changes during the Civil War by
reading pages 469-471 in Discovering Our Past, outline notes on page 43 of ISN.
Homework: Study for test ISN pages 39-42
Wednesday: November 4
Bellwork: What does the word “casualties” mean?
Objective/Task: clicker quiz on Early Years of War, Emancipation Proclamation, Role of Black
Americans. Read section”Captured and Wounded (page 468 Chapter 17, lesson 3 Discovering Our Past)
Homework: Fill-in Blank on Captured and Wounded
Thursday: November 5
Bellwork: What is a Greenback?
Objective/Task: Students will analyze the Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg as turning points
in the war. ISN notes p 44
Homework:
Friday: November 6-Half Day Fundraiser Assembly schedule 1,2,3,4-assembly during 4th
Bellwork:
Objective/Task: Enrichment Activity-Gettysburg video