TEC Lesson Plan Linda Zabel May, 2001 Which Way Freedom? TEC Lesson Plan Linda Zabel May, 2001

An overview of a cross-curricular unit on the life and times of The Civil War

The materials used here are not essential. I used the New Harcourt Brace Social Studies Text United States, the trade book Which Way Freedom?, science references, maps and graphs, Kagan structures, CRISS strategies,and various internet sites.

Reading Language Arts Reading fact/literature Increased Vocabulary Research Oral Reports Persuasive writing Mapping/webbing Reaction Journal entries Interviewing a character from a book Diaries Letters Newspapers

Music Civil War Songs Bonnie Blue Flag Battle Hymn of the Republic Tenting Tonight

Art Create Life Sized Models Create a sculpture Make several sketches of scenes from the books or novel Create a map/stamps Construct a diorama Weaving

Social Studies Research Map Skills Geography African Churches Emancipation Proclamation Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens Gettysburg Address Cause and Effect Economics Freedom History Customs/Culture

Math Measurement of produce Measurement of distance Historical recipes Fractions

Science Inventors and Inventions Plant and animal life of the South Crops and how they were grown in the mid 1800’s Life on a farm

Technology is interwoven throughout the unit.