Road to the Civil War: Common Core Lessons & Activities

Road to the Civil War: Common Core Lessons & Activities

How to Use the <b>Road to the Civil War - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book:<br /> Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations. <br /> Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills. <br /> Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go. <br /> Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes! <br /><br />Tips: <br /> Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs. <br /> Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine. <br /> To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click HERE.<br /> Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson. <br /><br />The <b> Road to the Civil War - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b>book includes: <br /> Reading for Information<br /> Higher-Order Thinking<br /> Writing Problems<br /> Primary Source Analysis<br /> Vocabulary<br /> Graphic Organizers<br /> Map Activities<br /> & More! <br /><br />Here is the Table of Contents for the <b> Road to the Civil War - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book:<br /><b>Compromise of 1850:</b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Henry Clay Quotations:</b> Primary Source Analysis <b>G</b><br /><b>Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:</b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:</b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Culture & Economics:</b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Uncle Tom s Cabin:</b> Comparison of Primary Sources<br /><b>Kansas-Nebraska Act:</b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Bleeding Kansas:</b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Road to the Civil War:</b> Cause & Effect <b>G</b><br /><b>John Brown s Raid on Harpers Ferry:</b> Writing<br /><b>Lincoln/Douglas Debates:</b> Comparison of Primary Sources<br /><b>Election of 1860:</b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Election of 1860:</b> Data Analysis<br /><b>Pre-Civil War Vocabulary:</b> Vocabulary<b>G</b><br /><b>North vs. South:</b>Point of View: Compare & Contrast <b>GO1</b><br /><b>Pre-Civil War Events:</b> Problem-Solution-Results<b>GO9</b><br /><b>Pre-Civil War Events:</b> Chronological Events <b>GO12</b><br /><b>United States Before the Civil War:</b>Map Activity<br />Common Core State Standards Correlations<br /><br /><b>G:</b> Includes Graphic Organizers