American Civil War: From Battles to Broadway

State WV

Status Ready for Users
Stage Public
Subject English/Language Arts
Fine Arts
Mathematics
Author Wanda Dailey, Craig Houston, and David Legg faculty at Poca High School,
Description This unit integrates language arts, music, social studies, and math.
Grade Level 9
10
11
12
National Standards Language Arts:
Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions
Gathers and uses information for research purposes
Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process

United States History:
Understands the sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period
Understands the causes of the Civil War
Understands the course and character of the Civil War and its effects on the American people

Mathematics:
Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of functions and algebra
Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics

Music:
Knows and applies appropriate criteria to music and music performances
Understands the relationship between music and history and culture

Theatre:
Understands how informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions create adn communicate meaning
Understands the context in which theatre, film, television, and electronic media are performed today as well as in the past
Keywords Slavery
Broadway
Parabola
Realism
Biography
Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) Unit Overview: From Battles to Broadway
Lesson 1: Voices of the Civil War
Lesson 2: Cannon Fodder for Parabolas
Lesson 3: The Civil War: Who Does What?
Lesson 4: Biographies
Lesson 5: The Civil War: A Spiritual Experience!
Lesson 6: Title: The Rise of Realism
English IGO or CSO 9.3, 9.6, 9.11, 9.16, 9.20, 9.29, 9.30, 9.35, 9.44, 9.51, 9.55, 9.63, 9.70, 9.75, 9.90, 9.93, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.32, 10.35, 10.39, 10.51, 10.52, 10.55, 10.62, 10.77, 10.83, 10.88, 11.9, 11.16, 11.27, 11.28, 11.39, 11.45, 11.49, 11.54, 11.65, 11.82,
11.94, 11.95, 11.97 12.8, 12.13, 12.20, 12.30, 12.37, 12.42, 12.44, 12.47, 12.53, 12.55, 12.69, 12.77, 12.82, 12.90, 12.93, 10.39, 11.60, 12.53, 10.41, 11.61, 12.54, 10.42, 11.62, 12.55, 10.44, 11.82, 12.61, 10.49, 11.86, 12.78, 10.83, 11.88, 12.81, 11.8
9, 12.83, 11.94, 12.84, 11.96, 12.90, 11.97, 12.92, 11.98, 12.93 12.94
Social Studies IGO or CSO A2.13, A2.24, A2.26, CIV.20, CV.24, CVI.19, CIV.17, CIV.19, CVI.16, CVII.15, 10.54, 10.60, 10.64