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Differentiation Some ideas include: Flexible grouping Tiered instruction Interest-based activities Varied products Task cards Personal agendas Graphic Organizers Menu board of causes of Civil War Graphic Organizer of 3 compromises Varies articles/editorials for Civil War Newspaper Higher Level Thinking Plan for a challenging cognitive level, such as apply, analyze, evaluate, or create Analyze political cartoon Evaluate graph of slavery in southern states and make inference Create Civil War Newspaper Cause/Effect Graphic Organizer of impact of Civil War Create a graph of population (White, free blacks and slaves) of North and South Technology Use How will you be incorporating technology? Discovery Streaming clip of families pitted against one another during Civil War SmartBoard activities War Newspaper created using Word, Publisher or Powerpoint Connections to other subject areas and/or authentic applications Reflect upon what people do in the real world with this content; and how it links to other disciplines. Connect lesson to Ukraine/Russia Conflict and have students bring in current events from conflict Cross curricular lesson with Language Arts teacher on parts of the newspaper curricular lesson with Math teacher on graphing Checking for Understanding Check throughout the lesson using: Question and Answer Class discussions Group Response Demonstrations Practice sheets Quick Quizzes Daily quizzes on previous objective Class discussion of similarity of topography and geography to assist with connection Thumbs up/down throughout lessons to check for understanding Daily exit tickets Foldables STAGE 4: Closure ~ What did the students master & what are they missing?
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