Lesson #2: Dyad Learning of the Opposing Sides
Objectives
- Students will be able to interpret the different sides to the Civil War sides.
- Students will be able to explain the different views of the Civil War sides.
- Students will be able to show perspective on the Union and Confederacy opinions.
- Article(s) and Other Material About the Union
- Article(s) and Other Material About the Confederacy
- Pencils and Paper to be used by the Dyads as they see fit
- The Dyad grouping activity was used to facilitate a discussion, rather than an argument. This activity is set up with having two people study the Union side and two people looking at the Confederates. The activity is set up with students being in pairs or dyads. The pairs then read one side of the argument they are discussing. One pair then shares and the other group has to first listen and then summarize what the previous group has said. Once the presenting group feels the other group has understood their stance, the other group shares and the same process occurs. Videos and songs can be shared to help with giving the information about the two sides, which also helps tie in the arts with the curriculum.
- Dyads review materials that represent different positions of the Civil War. This material can be articles, songs, poems, videos, and so on.
- This could be expanded into having the dyads create some sort of visual, which would help tie in the arts more. They could also create something not as visually stimulating, such as a poem, song, or so on.
- Students who are not as comfortable talking aloud will also be encouraged to write down their thoughts, to help them when it is their turn to present. Students can also present their findings via writings, drawings, songs, poems, or other such artistic ways.
- This will be a formative assessment. The teacher will circulate the room and listen to the discussions that occur. This is supposed to be a focused learning time, so the teacher needs to give the students time to grasp and understand the information before a summative assessment is done. The teacher will take anecdotal notes on the students given the observations she makes.
- The students will be reading articles about the different sides of the Civil War that are printed from the internet. They may also use technology if they are presented with videos, music, arts, or other things in order to understand the other side.
Example Websites and Articles:
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/northandsouth.html
http://www.radford.edu/~sbisset/civilwar.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXgzpUx42Ks
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/feature-articles/2009/feb/The-American-Civil-War--North-and-South.htmlhttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/causes-american-civil-war.htm
See videos from Virtual Field Trip
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/northandsouth.html
http://www.radford.edu/~sbisset/civilwar.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXgzpUx42Ks
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/feature-articles/2009/feb/The-American-Civil-War--North-and-South.htmlhttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/causes-american-civil-war.htm
See videos from Virtual Field Trip