Project Narrative

Concept:
Concept 6- PO3: Describe significance of the following groups in the Civil War.
A) Political Leaders (i.e. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis)
B) Military Leaders (i.e. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S Grant)
C) Role of African- Americans
D) Role of Women
Learning Goal: Describe the roles of Political Leaders, Military Leaders, African-Americans, and
Women.
Lesson Target: Identify Political Leaders, Military Leaders, and describe what it was like for
African- American in the North and South, and what it was like for women.
Content Standards- Research Skills for History
 Formulate Questions that can be answered by Historical study and research.
 Determine the credibility and bias of primary and secondary resources.
 Analyze cause and effect relationships between and among individuals and or historical
events.
 Describe two points of view on the same historical event.

Project Summary
Day Learning Learning Activities Assessment of Technology
Goal/Outcomes Learning Goal
1 Formulate  Introduce New Unit N/A Google Drive
questions that can  Review previous
be answered by material on the
Historical study and Civil War (factors
research. leading to Civil
War and Events of
Civil War)
 Go over project
guidelines
 Research historical
figures during the
Civil War, to be
able to present to
class. (i.e. pear
deck)

Analyze Cause and Go over Political Leaders Describe two Google Drive
Effect relationships (Abraham Lincoln and points of view Pear Deck
2 between and among Jefferson Davis)
 individuals and or on same
historical events. historical event.
3 Analyze cause and Go over Military Leaders Determine the Google Drive
effect relationships (Robert E. Lee and Ulysses credibility and Pear Deck
between and among S. Grant) bias of primary
individuals and or and secondary
historical events. resources.
4 Describe two points Go over Roles of African Identify and Google Drive
of view on the same Americans explain the Pear Deck
historical event. How free were they in the various roles of
North? an African-
What roles did they have American
during the war? during the Civil
War
5 Formulate Role of women during the Explain the Google Drive
questions that can Civil War. roles for women Pear Deck
be answered by during the Civil
historical study and War (i.e. Clara
research. Barton)
6 Formulate Have a Civil War expert Have a better N/A
questions that can with artifacts come to class understanding
be answered by of what life was
historical study and like during the
research. Civil War. And
a better
understanding
the type of
technology was
used.
7 Determine the Have a research activity, so Students will Google Drive
credibility and bias students can have the take what they Google Scholar
of primary and opportunity to practice for learned about
secondary their projects. research to use
resources. for their
projects.
8 N/A Day 1 for student N/A Student’s choice
Presentations of their
historical figure of their
choosing.
9 N/A Finish up with N/A Student’s choice
presentations. And have a Quizizz
review game after
presentations.
 10 N/A Quiz on political leaders, Students will be Google
military leaders, and the able to use their Classroom
role of African- information
Americans, and the role of learned to take
Women during the Civil the quiz on the
War. various groups
of people during
the Civil War.

The importance of this lesson is for students to understand how some of the issues that were
around during the Civil War is still relevant today. To learn about slavery, so we never do
something that again. Relating to today’s world- there is still racial prejudice (i.e. immigration
sweeps, police brutality to individuals that are minorities). Racial prejudice is still an issue today
educate these young minds to hopefully put an end to racism.