Teacher: Angelo Uniforme Date: 10/5/17

Subject: U.S. History

Grade Level: 8th Grade

TDS or SAC
TDS
Procedure:

Title: Civil War

113.20. Social Studies, Grade 8, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012.

(8) History. The student understands individuals, issues, and events of the
Civil War. The student is expected to:
(A) explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Civil War,
TEKS:
including Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham
Lincoln, and heroes such as congressional Medal of Honor recipients William
Carney and Philip Bazaar;

Demonstrate the strengths and weakness of the North and the South during the
Learning Objectives:
Civil War.

Essential What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Union and the Confederacy
Question(s): during the Civil War.

Emancipation Proclamation
Essential
Vocabulary:

Power Point Presentation

Advantages and Disadvantages Handout
Resources/Materials: Kahoot it

Engage: tell the students about some interesting facts about the Civil
War.
Time: 3
minutes
Procedure:

Activity: Divide the class into a 2-1 ratio. The group with more
students would be the north and the other group would be the south. Time:10
The teacher would play as the General from the South. The teacher minutes
 would ask the students questions about the civil war. The North
could use their phones. The South could only use one phone. The
teacher would help the South answer the questions. In the end of
this activity, the South would win the battle.

Activity Part 2: The class would stay in their respective groups. The
class would play Kahoot it. Like the activity earlier, the North can
use their phones and the South could only use one. The North would
Time: 5
win the war.
minutes

Elaborate: a brief discussion of the point of the activity. After the

discussion, the students would watch a YouTube video titled
Strengths and Weaknesses of The Civil War. This video with the
Time: 7
discussion would tie everything together.
minutes

What if analysis: As a group, the students need to discuss and

present the class about what their group thinks. The groups would
Assessment: be asked an open-ended question. what if the south won the civil Time: 5
war? minutes