Civil+WarNorth+vs.South-American+History

Learning Unit #1
__Learning Unit#1__ 8th Grade Social Studies North vs.South Presentation

Students will research / compare and contrast the North and the South during the time leading up to the Civil War. Students will be required to identify the differences between the North and the South. Students will be divided into two groups via teacher discretion. One group will represent the views of the North and the other will represent the views of the South. Each group of students will be expected to know their respected side’s characteristics on a set of topics that will be laid out in the brainstorming poll. There will be an in class debate between the two sides. Each side will also be required to make a presentation representing their side. The students will be expected to use Google presentation, Glogster, and Word Clouds in their presentation. The students will be required to post the links on Emodo. Poll/Topics

Civil War Word Cloud Example

Class presentation example

Civil War Glogster example

Emodo publishing link/example

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