Course Title: U.S.
History Grade: 8
Unit: Sectionalism
Month Presented: April
Unit Length (in weeks): 4
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Essential Question (s): ·
What
or who is more important, the group or the individual? ·
What
rights are “inalienable?” |
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Learning Objectives: 1.
Identify
and classify issues that contributed to tensions between the three different
regions of the 2.
Compare
and contrast differing views on slavery. 3.
Identify
the events that led up to the secession of the South from the |
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Skills:
Primary Document analysis,
Mapmaking and analysis, Presentation and speaking skills,
Cooperative Group work, Organizing and framing written responses |
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Instructional Strategies & Activities ·
Features
of a Young Nation”
Graphic Organizer Activity
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Uncle
Tom’s Cabin segment- its message then, stereotypes now ·
Dred Scott Case: dramatic reading ·
The
Geography of Sectionalism: statehood, representation and slavery in the ·
Debate: Political Solutions for Slavery: moderate and conservative ·
Radical
Solutions for Slavery: John
Brown in Bleeding KS ·
Primary
Sources: Republican
Party Platform
Dred Scott Decision John
Brown’s Letter John
Brown’s Body (poem/song) Fugitive
Slave Law Frederick
Douglass Speech 1852 ·
Video/Multimedia: The American Experience: John Brown’s Holy War “Ride with the Devil” (segment) “Gone with
the Wind” (segment) |
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Materials Utilized: Primary Sources, Political cartoons, Graphic organizers, Rubrics, CD- Roms, Video, Overhead Projector, Art |
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Assessment Strategies:
tests,
quizzes, essays, daily preparation, oral presentations, mapmaking |