Title: Brothers Against Brothers (Civil War)
Objectives: The students will understand the effects of the war on the people, places, and environment during the time, especially on the families in the war on an individual basis.
Materials List: Cards.
Assessment: The students will be participating in a role playing activity in class to get them into the roles of family members during the time of the Civil War. Their participation and effort in the role playing activity will be counted for their grade for the day.
Motivation: This activity will get the students working on their interpersonal and linguistic skills by giving the students a chance to fight with their fellow students. They will be able role play to be able to get a more in-depth understanding of the Civil War and the people being effected by it.
Game Plan:
10:00am As the students arrive they will receive a card with a person from the Union or Confederate. After they receive their card they will proceed to their seats and wait for further instruction.
10:02am The teachers will explain the cards and the activity that they are about to do with the cards. The cards have a family member, occupation, and their opinion on the war. Before they break up to find their matching family member, Mr. Dean and Mrs. Dunne will do a simulation of the family fights the students will be doing. Each family match has members of the same family on different sides of the war and the students must have a family fight on why they are on the sides that they are on.
10:15am After the teachers are done with the simulation the students will go in search for their family members. Once they have found them they will go over what is on their cards.
10:20am The students will begin fighting. The teachers will walk around the classroom checking up on the “families” and helping those who are stuck.
10:45am Come together as a class and go over what they fought about (key points). Then the teachers will ask them if they can see how this could effect them throughout and after the war.
11:00am Wrap everything up
Objectives: The students will understand the effects of the war on the people, places, and environment during the time, especially on the families in the war on an individual basis.
Materials List: Cards.
Assessment: The students will be participating in a role playing activity in class to get them into the roles of family members during the time of the Civil War. Their participation and effort in the role playing activity will be counted for their grade for the day.
Motivation: This activity will get the students working on their interpersonal and linguistic skills by giving the students a chance to fight with their fellow students. They will be able role play to be able to get a more in-depth understanding of the Civil War and the people being effected by it.
Game Plan:
10:00am As the students arrive they will receive a card with a person from the Union or Confederate. After they receive their card they will proceed to their seats and wait for further instruction.
10:02am The teachers will explain the cards and the activity that they are about to do with the cards. The cards have a family member, occupation, and their opinion on the war. Before they break up to find their matching family member, Mr. Dean and Mrs. Dunne will do a simulation of the family fights the students will be doing. Each family match has members of the same family on different sides of the war and the students must have a family fight on why they are on the sides that they are on.
10:15am After the teachers are done with the simulation the students will go in search for their family members. Once they have found them they will go over what is on their cards.
10:20am The students will begin fighting. The teachers will walk around the classroom checking up on the “families” and helping those who are stuck.
10:45am Come together as a class and go over what they fought about (key points). Then the teachers will ask them if they can see how this could effect them throughout and after the war.
11:00am Wrap everything up
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