Adam Matthees
Educ 333: Rierson
11-15-07
Civil War Lesson Plan #3
1. Title: War, then and now. I want the students to understand the differences in warfare during the Civil War and how it is today.
2. Materials:
- PowerPoint presentation
- Computer
- Computer projector
- Blank white space to project the PowerPoint onto
- Pencil
- Paper
- Scratch piece of paper
3. Goal(s) for today’s lesson:
- The students will acquire skills of chronological thinking.
4. Objective’s for today’s lesson:
- The students will develop a chronological sequence of person, events and concepts in each historical era studied in these grades.
- They will understand what things were like in the past and what they are like now.
- The students will discover similarities and differences in time eras.
5. Procedures:
A. Introductory Experiences: (5 minutes)
- Explain that today we will be talking about the differences between war back in the 1860s and war in the present day. Tell the students we will be looking at a PowerPoint presentation and that they should take notes on a scratch piece of paper, because there will be an activity at the end of the presentation.
B. Developmental Experiences: (25 minutes)
- Turn off the lights and project the PowerPoint presentation on a large space on the wall.
- Show slide of soldiers then and now. Talk about the differences and similarities.
- Hat, weapon, clothes
- Note that the clothes they wore weren’t very camouflaged
- “Why would camouflaged clothes help during a war?”
- Show slide of soldiers’ headwear then and now. Talk about the differences and similarities.
- The headwear used to be just cloth, now they are hard and can protect from a bullet.
- Show slide of weapons then and weapons now. Talk about the differences and similarities.
- They used one shot muskets and guns. The soldiers also used swords and bayonets for close range fighting. Guns are now made for long distances and to inflict higher damage.
- “Why wouldn’t these one shot muskets and close range fighting tactics work today?”
- Show slide of long range weapons then and long range weapons now. Talk about the similarities and differences.
- They used to be able to go a couple hundred feet. Now weapons can go miles. We also have weapons that can travel great distances relatively easily.
- Explain that advances in science have created weapons that can do more damage from farther away.
C. Culminating Experience: (15 minutes)
- Hand out a piece of paper to each student. Have them write a one page paper about why it would have been difficult to fight during the Civil War compared to fighting now.
6. Assessment used during the lesson:
Formal: The students will hand in a one page paper about what they learned in class today. They will explain why things were very difficult for soldiers during the Civil War.
7. Resources:
- http://www.winonahistory.org/
Educ 333: Rierson
11-15-07
Civil War Lesson Plan #3
1. Title: War, then and now. I want the students to understand the differences in warfare during the Civil War and how it is today.
2. Materials:
- PowerPoint presentation
- Computer
- Computer projector
- Blank white space to project the PowerPoint onto
- Pencil
- Paper
- Scratch piece of paper
3. Goal(s) for today’s lesson:
- The students will acquire skills of chronological thinking.
4. Objective’s for today’s lesson:
- The students will develop a chronological sequence of person, events and concepts in each historical era studied in these grades.
- They will understand what things were like in the past and what they are like now.
- The students will discover similarities and differences in time eras.
5. Procedures:
A. Introductory Experiences: (5 minutes)
- Explain that today we will be talking about the differences between war back in the 1860s and war in the present day. Tell the students we will be looking at a PowerPoint presentation and that they should take notes on a scratch piece of paper, because there will be an activity at the end of the presentation.
B. Developmental Experiences: (25 minutes)
- Turn off the lights and project the PowerPoint presentation on a large space on the wall.
- Show slide of soldiers then and now. Talk about the differences and similarities.
- Hat, weapon, clothes
- Note that the clothes they wore weren’t very camouflaged
- “Why would camouflaged clothes help during a war?”
- Show slide of soldiers’ headwear then and now. Talk about the differences and similarities.
- The headwear used to be just cloth, now they are hard and can protect from a bullet.
- Show slide of weapons then and weapons now. Talk about the differences and similarities.
- They used one shot muskets and guns. The soldiers also used swords and bayonets for close range fighting. Guns are now made for long distances and to inflict higher damage.
- “Why wouldn’t these one shot muskets and close range fighting tactics work today?”
- Show slide of long range weapons then and long range weapons now. Talk about the similarities and differences.
- They used to be able to go a couple hundred feet. Now weapons can go miles. We also have weapons that can travel great distances relatively easily.
- Explain that advances in science have created weapons that can do more damage from farther away.
C. Culminating Experience: (15 minutes)
- Hand out a piece of paper to each student. Have them write a one page paper about why it would have been difficult to fight during the Civil War compared to fighting now.
6. Assessment used during the lesson:
Formal: The students will hand in a one page paper about what they learned in class today. They will explain why things were very difficult for soldiers during the Civil War.
7. Resources:
- http://www.winonahistory.org/
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