S1+Sawyer,+Brittany

=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= Content Area: Social Studies Standard Label: E. History Standard: E1 Historical knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns Grade Level: 6-8 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and in various regions of the world. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results

//What understandings are desired?//
•there was a division between North and South •the country was dealing with major issues of Constitutional meaning and Democratic freedom ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * •there are causes and effects of the Civil War

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•Why were Constitutional Amendments being questioned? •How did politicians play a role in the Civil War? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •How did the Civil War effect the United States today?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Vocabulary: Carpetbagger, Union, Confederacy, Boarder States, Slavery, Amendment, bill, Slave Codes, rebel, Yankee •Sequence and timeline: Dred Scott Case, Emancipation Proclamation, Succession, Surrender, Gettysburg || •describe how history can help one better understand and make informed decisions about the present and future. •make sense of the effects that the Civil War had on America today. •exhibit the change in Democratic ideals over time. •analyze the reasons behind the differences between the North and South. •consider what Civil War era citizens felt about the changes. •reflect on which position they would take strategically. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * •Important events and people: Lincoln, Joshua Chamberlain, Antietam, Lee, Grant, Gettysburg, Emancipation Proclamation, Jefferson Davis


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**