Student Teaching edTPA Lesson Plan Template

Subject: 5th Grade Social Studies/Language Arts Central Focus: Cause of the Civil War
Integration

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:

5.H.1.3 Analyze the impact of major conflicts,
battles and wars on the development of our nation
Date submitted: Date taught:
through Reconstruction.

Daily Lesson Objective: Students will be able to collaboratively create claims as to why either the North (Union) or the
South (Confederacy) caused the Civil War.

21st Century Skills: Collaborate, Communicate Academic Language Demand (Language Function and
Vocabulary): create

Prior Knowledge: cause and effect,

Activity Description of Activities and Setting Time

Start by giving the each student 3 sticky notes. Half of the class will get one 5 min
color, the other half will get a different color. Tell them to label the sticky
notes 1, 2, and 3. Draw a KWL chart on the board. On sticky note number 1,
ask the students to write what they already know about the Civil War.
What do you already know about the Civil War? Do you know how it
1. Focus and Review was caused? What events lead up to this?
Next, ask students to write what they want to know about the Civil War, on
sticky note number 2.
What is something you dont know about the Civil War, but want to
learn?

2. Statement of Objective
for Student
3. Teacher Input
Today you will do some of your own research on the Civil War and learn more
about how it was caused.
7 min
Give every student the first three
paragraphs of An overview of the
American Civil War. This can be
read as a class or individually.
When reading is done, allow
students to turn and talk,
summarizing the main points.
Ask:
Why did seven states
secede from the union?
What did the northerners
think of secession?

4. Guided Practice
The students will be split into two groups, based on the color sticky note they 20 min
got at the beginning of class. One group will represent the north, and the other
will represent the south. Their goal is to find reasons why the OTHER group
is at fault for the Civil War. Ultimately, they need to answer the question:
whose fault was the Civil War?.
To do this, they will collaborate to choose who their speakers will be, how
they will conduct research, and to create their statements against the other
group.

Each group will get 5 minutes to make their statements. Then they will get to 15 min
5. Independent Practice rebuttal the other group for 2 minutes.

6. Assessment Methods of Formative: students will be observed to see how they contributed to their groups. Each
all objectives/skills: group will be observed during their short presentations of statements.

2 min
Go back to the KWL Chart from Focus and Review. Ask the students to list
7. Closure a few of the things they learned from doing their research, and having the
debate. This will be their exit ticket for the class.

8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:

Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations

Make sure that the groups will work. Dont put any
students who have had conflicts before in the same
group.

Materials/Technology: sticky notes (2 different colors), Chromebooks/laptops for research, article from:
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/overview.html
Reflection on lesson:
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