Introduction

This lesson was developed for a Web-Quest project for Etec 424 at Texas A&M Commerce.  This lesson is about the civil war.  The students will be able to name battles and what industries were hurt or helped by the war from the Texas standpoint..  This is part of TEKS component 113.23 section B(5).

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Learners

This lesson is geared towards the seventh grade level in history.  This has a little of math when dealing with the industries.  Writing has big part in this lesson with the papers that are to be  done.  This can easily be moved to American history which is done in 8th grade.   

The students will need to know the causes of the civil war and a good understanding of what the civil war was about.  They will also need to know the basis of doing research since they will be doing a lot of it in this lesson. 

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Curriculum Standards

      History Standards Addressed

• Explain reasons for the involvement of Texas in the Civil War
• Analyze the political, economic, and social effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Texas.

In this lesson the students will exhibit  Inference-making, Critical thinking, Creative production, Creative problem-solving, Observation and categorization, and Teamwork.

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Resources Needed

These are the things that are needed for this lesson.

• Computer with internet
• Library
• Maps
• Things to make maps such as colored pencils, ruler, and markers
• Encyclopedia section of the library
• Movies of the civil war for presentation

    A list of the sites for the students are, http://www.kwanah.com/?txmilmus/tnghist10.htm , http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/  , and http://members.aol.com/SMckay1234/. 

This lesson can be taught by one teacher.  You could use a aide if you wanted to with setting up the PowerPoint presentations. 

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Evaluation

Refer back to the rubric on the student page.

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Credits & References

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