Digital Unit Plan Template Unit Title: Independence to Secession Content Area: History

CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s): United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century 11.1.3 -- Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization. Big Ideas: Critical Thinking Development: Subject matter focuses on Human Rights, Freedom, and the struggle between State and Federal Authority. Unit Goals and Objectives: 1. Students will read the Declaration of Independence and apply that writing to what they feel are Unalienable Rights. 2. Through lecture and home research, students will acquire background knowledge that led to the conflict that would split the nation in half. 3. Students will organize that information and think critically on them to form an argumentative essay. Unit Summary: Eleventh Grade US History class will explore the time of American Expansion between the creation of the Constitution to the outbreak of war by Southern Secession. Manifest Destiny was the driving force that led American immigrants west ward to create new states on the Frontier. With a quick review of the Revolutionary War, we as a class will study the Declaration of Independence to establish how this nation was forged. This young country had not only its identity to create, but it would have to press through the trials and challenges of determining where the democratic powers resided in that government. The bulk of this Unit will be preparing student to evaluate the validity, or lack thereof, in Southern Secession. The War of Southern Secession was the bloodiest conflict America has ever endured, and it was the greatest test to the democratic authority of Federal and State Powers. Investing focus in this period, student will have to pull from all that which they have learned about the Revolutionary War and apply it here when America was the most fragmented. Assessment Plan: Entry-Level: Both to establish what the students already know, and to build a foundation for the rest of the Unit, a Brainstorm Chart will allow student to list what they already know about the Revolutionary War and the War of Southern Secession. It will also reveal their initial similarities and differences. Lesson 1 Formative: Through a primary lecture, accompanied by guided notes, student will discuss the differences and similarities between Southern Secession and the Declaration of Independence. The goal here is to gather a collection of evidences for an argumentative essay. Summative: An argumentative essay will deliver the students opinion on the conflict. This essay will carry two pieces of solid evidence that supports their claim.

Name: Joshua Johnson Grade Level: Eleventh

Student Learning Objective: Through lecture and home research, students will acquire background knowledge that led to the conflict that would split the nation in half. Lesson 2 Student Learning Objective: Students will read the Declaration of Independence and apply that writing to what they feel are Unalienable Rights. Lesson 3 Student Learning Objective: Students will organize that information and think critically on them to form an argumentative essay. Unit Resources:

Acceptable Evidence: All sections are noted with key information. Discussion sections show in-depth evaluation of the material. Acceptable Evidence: All questions have been answered accurately. Commentaries so understanding, not just recitation. Acceptable Evidence: Progress of learned material. Reasonable support gained for argument presented.

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Lesson Activities: Guided Notes through a Lecture, and Group Discussion placed at key points through the Lecture.

Lesson Activities: Read the Declaration of Independence, explore other sites that talk about Human Rights, then apply them to Early American History.

Lesson Activities: Collection and review of previous discussions and assignments. A Graphic Organizer for students to collect their thoughts and evidence.

1. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html 2. http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ 3. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h337.html 4. http://www.ushistory.org/us/29.asp 5. http://www.hudson-river-school.org/ 6. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war 7. http://www.civil-war.net/ 8. http://www.confederatestatesofamerica.org/ 9. http://quizlet.com/ 10. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html

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