Grade: 7 Quarter: 3

Unit 6: Power, War, Rebellion

By the end of the unit, students will answer the following writing prompt: Think about the texts you have read regarding Power, War, and Rebellion during
the time during and following the Civil War. Consider the various organization of the speeches, articles, and texts we have studied, taking into account the response of those
involved in the events of this period.
Write an informational essay describing how Americans responded to the shifts in power that occurred during this period in history. Cite evidence from the texts you have
read to support your analysis. In addition to these texts, gather some texts of your own that support your thinking. Use the texts you have read and additional resources
you will gather to come up with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, and information to include in the essay. Be sure to introduce your topic, previewing
what is to follow, organize ideas, using strategies such as definition, comparison/contrast and cause/effect to aid in comprehension. Use appropriate transitions, precise
language, and be sure to maintain a formal style and include a concluding statement or explanation.
*If you choose to use a different text/topic, modify the prompt to the text you chose, maintaining the theme of power, war, and rebellion (as taught in Social Science Unit
6)
Week Mentor text Supplemental
text/Multimedia
Standards Informal
Assessment
Reading Writing Speaking/Liste
ning
Language
1 The Emancipation
Proclamation
http://www.let.rug.nl/
usa/presidents/abraha
m-lincoln/the-
emancipation-
proclamation-1863.php

Standard:
RI.7.1, RI.7.2

Strategy/Skill:
Cite textual evidence to
support the analysis of
what the text says
explicitly.
Cite textual evidence to
support the analysis of
inferences drawn from
the text.
Determine a central idea of a
text and analyze their
development over the course
of the text
Provide an objective summary
of the text

W.7.2,W.7.4,
W7.9


SL.7.1, SL.7.4


L.7.1, L7.2,
L.7.3, L.7.4,
L.7.6

Two-Column
Notes
Quick Write
Central Idea webs
Objective
summary

Sample formative
assessments:
http://www.aft.org/pd
fs/teachers/teach11ma
terials/t11_providingh
3.pdf


2 Slave Rebellions
http://www.history.co
m/topics/black-
George Browder
http://www.ket.org/civil
war/aamerican.html
Standard:
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI 7.5

Strategy/Skill:
Analyze the structure
W.7.2, W.7.4,
W.7.5, W.7.6,
W.7.8 W7.9
SL.7.1, SL.7.4, SL.7.6

L.7.1, L7.2,
L.7.3, L.7.4,
L.7.6
Two-Column
Notes
Close read of text
Sample formative
assessments:
history/slavery-iv-
slave-rebellions
used to organize a text,
how major sections
contribute to the whole
and to the development of
the ideas
Determine a central idea of
a text and analyze their
development over the
course of the text
Provide an objective
summary of the text
http://www.aft.or
g/pdfs/teachers/te
ach11materials/t1
1_providingh3.pdf



3 Civil War Reminisces
http://web.viu.ca/davi
es/h325%20civil%20wa
r/Hunsecker.reminisce
nces.htm

Standard:
RI.7.1, RI 7.5

Strategy/Skill:
Analyze the structure
used to organize a text,
how major sections
contribute to the whole
and to the development of
the ideas



W.7.2, W.7.4,
W.7.8 W7.9
SL.7.1, SL.7.4, SL.7.6

L.7.1, L7.2,
L.7.3, L.7.4,
L.7.6

Annotation of text
Begin researching
sources and
information
Use of technology
Quick Write
Sample formative
assessments:
http://www.aft.org/pd
fs/teachers/teach11ma
terials/t11_providingh
3.pdf


4 President Lincoln is
Shot
http://www.eyewitnes
stohistory.com/lincolns
hot.htm
The Civil War Ends: A
Small Towns Reaction
http://www.eyewitnesst
ohistory.com/civilwaren
ds.htm

Standard:
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI 7.5

Strategy/Skill:
Draw evidence from literary
texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research
Informational Writing
W.7.2, W.7.5,
W.7.6, W.7.8
W7.9
SL.7.1, SL.7.4, SL.7.6

L.7.1, L7.2,
L.7.3, L.7.4,
L.7.6

Summaries,
details on
disasters
Informational
writing graphic
organizer
First Draft of
Informational
Writing
Sample formative
assessments:
http://www.aft.org/pd
fs/teachers/teach11ma
terials/t11_providingh
3.pdf
5 Reconstruction video
and text
http://www.history.co
m/topics/american-
Life in the South After
the Civil War - video
http://education-
portal.com/academy/les
Standard:
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI 7.5

Strategy/Skill:
Draw evidence from literary
W.7.2, W.7.4,
W.7.5, W.7.6,
W.7.8 W7.9
SL.7.1, SL.7.4, SL.7.6

L.7.1, L7.2,
L.7.3, L.7.4,
L.7.6

Revising/Editing
Checklists
Conferences
Final Draft of
Informational
writing
civil-
war/reconstruction
son/life-in-the-south-
after-the-civil-war.html
and informational texts to
support analysis, reflection,
and research
Informational Writing
Standard English Conventions

Use of multiple
sources in writing
Presentation of
news articles

*note: Bold standards indicates when new standard is introduced
**note: standards highlighted are the focus standards for the week