Standards


 * Standards:**

Both groups will have assingment that meet the standards of both the 21st century system and specific requirements for Indiana Education.

8th Graders: The assingment will be desinged to follow the outline of what is supposed to happen in the 4 steps on the AASL 21st century standards. They will be asked to: "think Critically" and more specifically gains knowledge on what the differnt strategies of the North and South seemed to be, then draw conclusions as to how effective these strageties where and decide if other strategies would have been more effective, then they have a group assingment at the end showing off their ability "share knowledge" with others. This will end with them being able to gain growth from their knowledge of the past ( AASL, //Standards for the 21st-Century Learner//, 3). Indiana Standards for this grade have give infacience on this period of history for 8th graders. It says that students show have a firm understanding of importnat events, such as the Civil War, and what was happening throughout this process. It says to cover from the Founding Era to the "Civil War and Reconstruction" ( Indiana Department of Education, //IN.gov//, 1). This lesson will help them to learn this important part of this history, the strategies used during the Civil War.

High School Class: The assingment for them will be to have them understand the reason that the Civil War took place. This lesson will use the four elements from the AASL learning even more. There would be a more in depth inquiry into why the three aspects that caused the war come about and how they relate to each other. They students will then be expected to be able to draw some conclusions as to how these three major reason effect each other and helped to cause the Civil War. Could even speculate if one or more were removed if the war would have happened. This will then have a shared group activily on the project as well. I am not sure how it will go yet, but it will have them showing their material and working together. Finally, in learning what caused this huge event in U.S. history and understand where they come from (AASL, //Standards for the 21st-Century Learner,// 3). In terms of Indiana standards, they say specifically that high school students shoudl be able to "review and sumarize key ideas, events, and development from Founding Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1775 to 1877" (Indiana Departent of Education, //IN.gov//, 1). Really all the events that occured between the Revolutionary War to the Civil War were builing up to the enevitable conflict. Much of what happened after is also came from the Civil War. The reason for the conflict is important.

AASL. “Inquiry, think critically, and gain Knowledge.” //Standards for the 21st-Century Learner//. AASL. 2010.

Indiana Department of Education. “Indiana Standards and Resources.” //IN.Gov//. 2010. IUPUI University. 28 February 2010. [|https://oncourse.iu.edu/portal/site/SP10-IN-SLIS-S574-22281].