Group+Social+Studies

> Students will be able to: > > 1. Given a specific situation, identify the period of history > depicted after the inquiry period. > > 2. Given a specific situation, identify the following groups > after the inquiry period. > > 3. Observe and experience varying emotions of each group. > > 4. Observe and distinguish the differences in lifestyle of each > group. > > 5. Hypothesize and empathize what life was like for Americans of > that time. > How would **you do formative evaluation**? As teachers we would conduct question and answer periods between steps to make sure the students understand the reasons why we did each of the different exercises. Who worked on this: Michael Aruanno, Ashley Siebler, and Augie Meyer
 * 1) **Website Link**: http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst002.html
 * 2) **What are the goals**? The purpose of this inquiry lesson is to give students an affective experience of the pre and post American Civil War experience on Americans- Blacks and Whites (Southerners and Northerners).
 * 3) **What are the objectives?**
 * 1) **Do you agree with the instructional strategy, in other words, how the lesson is taught**? We agree with the strategy of the lesson, however we could do without some of the time consuming props such as the tape, newspapers, and the use of the crackers. We also think that the age appropriate level for this lesson would be 8-10 grades instead of the 10-12 grades, because we feel that the older students may not be as receptive to the material and exercises.
 * 2) **On Bloom's Taxonomy what kind of knowledge does the lesson address**? This lesson addresses the following: knowledge, comprehension,application,and analysis. (Michael)
 * 3) IF you were **teaching this lesson in your class,** where would you want to do **formative evaluation**? Yes, I would wait until each step of the exercise was completed to get feedback prior to proceeding onto the next step. ( Michael)

I'm in agreement with you and Stacey about about the age issue. Honestly, I believe senior high school students would do better engaging in deeper thought like the socio-economic ramifications of the Civil War, the true causes and issues fought over and bringing parallels to subsequent wars. (Gareth) I think this is a good lesson plan for high school students. I like how the physical activity represents each social status and how it all ties together. I think it would be a good experience for students in "group A" to have a taste of what it feels like to be inferior, like a slave. I think that maybe this lesson might be a little better suited for younger student like others pointed out but at the same time I don't feel like it would be a bad idea for high school students to review the civil war for a day or two. (john) I think that this would be a good lesson but I think that you should leave the tapes and newspapers in there, because it would be something cool for the kids to do and it breaks up the normal everyday class activities. (Joe P)
 * COMMENTS & THOUGHTS** (by others in the class) I agree with your comments about the inappropriate age levels for this lesson. To me, this activity seems like it would be suitable for 5th grade to middle school, when they are just getting familiar with the Civil War. If one of the objectives of this lesson is to experience emotions for different groups at this time, high school students should already know the basics. In addition, student at the high school level should be able to demonstate their knowledge using higher order thinking skills and different perfomance objectives. (Stacey)