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__7th Grade Pennsylvania During the Civil War Project__ =  Spring 2011 = **The Essential Question:** ** What was life like in Pennsylvania during the Civil Wa r ? ** **L esson Introduction: **   ﻿For the past few weeks the 7th graders have been learning about the United States' Civil War between the North and the South. We have read about battles, leaders, heroes  and heroins. Your time traveling adventure has now started, and you have an incredible journey ahead!  Your mission is to journey back in time to the late 1800's when our nation was at war with itself, and discover what life was like in Pennsylvania. You may choose to report on a Civil War battle, leader, or cultral aspect (Clothes, music...ect). Which ever topic you choose, be careful not to run into other time-travelers that provide you with the wrong information. Although there is a ton of information on your journey, your data must be from the best sources available. When you come arrive back in 2011, create a scrapbook of all that you learned about your topic. Be sure to collect as many primary sources as possible! Good luck, and let the force me with you!  =**The 7th grade students will be able to...** = =Primary Sources Review=
 * discuss what life was like in Pennsylvania during the Civil War.
 * organize their research on a Wikispace using links, videos, pictures, and other sources to support their topic.
 * present their information on MixBook in a scrapbook style.

(Monday's Lesson- 5 minute Review)
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 * Procedure/Tasks: **

(Day 1)

 * Set up your Wikispace navigation, sources, and information pages. (15minutes)
 * Discuss project (10 minutes)
 * Research: Find a topic your are interested in. Research topic teacher & student meetings (20 minutes)

(Day 2)

 * Research starts: Find information that will help guide your scrapbook writing.
 * Begin to fill in your Wikispace

(Day 3)

 * Research: find information that will help guide your scrapbook writing.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don't forget to fill in your Wikispace as you research!

(Day 4)

 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sign in MixBook account.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create your MixBook scrapbook.

(Day 5/6)

 * Create your scrapbook
 * Presentations

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. **Standards for the 21st Century Learner:** Dispositions, Responsibilities or Self-Assessment Strategies Indicators · **#3**:Sharing knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society. o **3.1.1** Conclude an inquiry based research process by sharing new understandings and reflecting on the learning. o **3.1.4** Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess. o **3.4.1** Asses the processes by which learning was achieved in order to revise strategies and learn more effectively in the future. <span style="color: #43413e; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. **PA SAS Standards**: · **8.2.7.A**: Identify the social, political, cultural, and economic contributions of specific individuals and groups from Pennsylvania. · **8.3.7.B:** Examine the importance of significant historical documents, artifacts, and places critical to United States history. · **8.1.7.B:** Identify and use primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple points of view for historical events. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. **Skill Indicators** ( no more than 3):

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. ****Grade-level Benchmarks** · ** SS 7.3.3.1 ** - Students explain how political, social, spiritual, artistic, intellectual and economic factors affected the major causes of the Civil War. · ** SS 7.2.1.1 - ** Students explain how political, social, spiritual, artistic, intellectual and economic factors affected the major causes of the Civil War.