1. TEC Lesson Plan Linda Zabel May, 2001
Which Way Freedom?
TEC Lesson Plan
Linda Zabel
May, 2001

2. An overview of a cross-curricular unit on the life and times of
The Civil War

3. The materials used here are not essential.
I used the New Harcourt Brace Social Studies Text United States, the trade book Which Way Freedom?, science references, maps and graphs, Kagan structures, CRISS strategies,and various internet sites.

4. Reading Language Arts Reading fact/literature Increased Vocabulary
Research
Oral Reports
Persuasive writing
Mapping/webbing
Reaction Journal entries
Interviewing a character from a book
Diaries
Letters
Newspapers

5. Music Civil War Songs Bonnie Blue Flag Battle Hymn of the Republic
Tenting Tonight

6. Art Create Life Sized Models Create a sculpture
Make several sketches of scenes from the books or novel
Create a map/stamps
Construct a diorama
Weaving

7. Social Studies Research Map Skills Geography African Churches
Emancipation Proclamation
Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens
Gettysburg Address
Cause and Effect
Economics
Freedom
History
Customs/Culture

8. Math Measurement of produce Measurement of distance Historical recipes
Fractions

9. Science Inventors and Inventions Plant and animal life of the South
Crops and how they were grown in the mid 1800’s
Life on a farm

10. Technology is interwoven throughout the unit.