The Civil War Through the Eyes of Students

-Each student will choose an historical figure and research his/her impact on the events leading up to/ and during the Civil War.
-The research will be done during their scheduled technology period.
-The students will download 3 sources to be used to develop the research paper.
-Students must highlight important facts that will be woven into a research paper.
-During the technology period, the students will practice/and develop keyboarding skills by creating a rough draft for the paper from an outline.
-Each student will edit his/her paper using the editing symbols we have studied.

The students will present an oral report during our ELA and SS class periods. *Each student will present in character facts from the life of each character and his/her impact on the Civil War.
-I will video tape the presentations with the Flip Video 120 Camera purchased from Digital Wish.
-The class will be able to watch the video as a review lesson. Each child can review his/her presentation to assess his/her communication skills.

Our culminating event will be a living history presentation for the 7th grade.
7th grade will interview the students in conjunction with the 7th grade unit on writing a newspaper article.

This lesson serves to offer a multi-sensory approach to learning to support all classroom learners. It addresses the NYS standards for 8th grade SS and ELA.

This lesson can be adapted for 3rd-12th grades