Lesson Title:

The Civil War Era

Grade Level :

9th

Subject :

U.S. History

Description of Learning Goals, Standards, Objectives and

Assessments
CC/GPS:

National
Technology
Standards:

Long- Term
Learning
Goal or
Outcome

SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and

individuals relating to the causes,
course, and consequences of the Civil War.
a.Describe President Lincolns efforts to preserve the Union as seen
in his second inaugural
address and the Gettysburg speech and in his use of emergency
powers, such as his decision to
suspend habeas corpus.
b. Explain the importance of the growing economic disparity
between the North and the South
through an examination of population, functioning railroads, and
industrial output.
c. Describe the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
Creativity and innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct
knowledge, and develop innovative products and
processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new
ideas, products, or processes
b. Create original works as a means of personal
or group expression
c. Use models and simulations to explore complex
systems and issues
d. Identify trends and forecast possibilities
The students will be able to utilize digital media tools in order to
make historical, political, economic and social connections to the
modern world which will give the students the ability to comprehend
successive historical events throughout their high school education,
in higher education and their society and world.

ABCD
Objectives or
Outcomes:

Students will study the civil war era in their text. Students will
exhibit to their instructor that they are able to connect the
information which they have learned to a specific modern
occurrence.

Students will engage in making inferences from the information

which they have studied to various modern occurrences and will
be required to create a Historical mind map analysis via a
concept map application using the information which they
gathered from their text. Students should be able to have a more
thorough perception of the world they live in as a result of this
work.

Students will have to present their findings and data to their

class displaying their concept maps on a projector

Students will show their grasp of these concepts by taking a 20

question multiple choice test which will cover their knowledge
base of facts on the civil war and their grasp of the utilization of
concept maps.

Description of Assessment
Assessment
Plan :

Formative Assessment : Students will turn in five questions after

their readings which will be reviewed in order to show what
theyve grasped

Summative Assessment: students will be tested on their grasp of

various concepts

Description of Activities with Technology and Materials

Activity
Design :

Class Starter
and Lesson
Connection:

Day 1:

Class Opening: What do you know about your family history? Do

your parents or grandparents think their familys history is
important? How often do you hear about your familys history
from the older members of your family? Do you as a young
person feel that it is important for people to know their familys
history? How important is black history in their homes?
Allow students to respond to questions then find out their parents
and/or relatives responses to these questions

Statements or
Objectives :

We are going to learn how to make cultural connections by

learning about our history and/or others history

Teacher and
student
activities :

Teacher will review the chapters on the U.S. Civil War to help
students understand further connection between past and
present events.

Day 2 :
Technology
connection :

Materials and
resources :

Students will design a concept map which shows the inferences

and connections which they have made via the U.S civil war and
current events if any at all. Students will show economic, political
and technological advancements on this map from the past.

Internet
Concept map database
U.S. History text

Reflection on Lesson Design

Future Actions
:

Instructor will introduce more information about the history of

the Civil War during classroom lecture in order to provide a solid
background on information that students will have to utilize in
order to make the correct and/or relevant connections in their
presentation
The D2L modules and the information has been heavily
incorporated to complete this lesson plan and has helped
If more time and resources were available this lesson would
include more technological artifacts for the students to utilize

Because the concept map has both large and small elements on
it where the large elements were most important to the smallest
being the least important it conforms to the principle of visual
hierarchy. It does not necessarily use divine proportions. The
artifact uses fits law which makes it easy to pick items. This
artifact does not use all of the web design principles.