CP+Sawyer,+Brittany

=Unit Cover Page=


 * Unit Title: Civil War and Today Grade Level(s): 6-8**
 * Subject/Topic Area(s): Social Studies**
 * Key Words: Civil War and Reconstruction**
 * Designed by: Brittany Sawyer Time Frame: 6(80)**
 * School District: RSU 9 School: Mt Blue Middle School**


 * =Brief Summary of Unit= ||
 * In this unit students will be learning the causes and effects of the Civil war, not only on the Civil War era, but also on how the effects are still present today. Students will learn about major Constitutional and Democratic issues between the North and South, and how the issues were resolved. Students will complete a series of five small projects which will all be pulled together into a final project showing what they have learned and their understanding of the subject. Students will have a larger understanding of on of the major conflicts America has dealt with on a solely internal level. Through this study students will have a better understand of where some of their present rights came from due to the creation of new laws during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. Students will also have the knowledge about the major places, people and events that occurred and how they effected the course of the war. Through this unit and the information learned students will be able to see how history can help them to better understand themselves, and where they came from. Topics such as voting will be discussed and explored to determine how the country would be different had people not been as involved in the process during the Civil War and how that reflects on today's society. Students will be able to creatively incorporate their own interests through study of different Civil War topics, and how they choose to present their learning in the projects assigned. Students will gain the ability to work in pairs and groups successfully as well as independently. ||