Module 1-Social Studies 5B - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn about the West. Students will learn about the underground railroad. Students will learn about the Civil War in our nation.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	Texas	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
2	Frontier Life	pen or pencil crafting supplies (optional)
3	The Underground Railroad	pen or pencil;
4	A Country With Problems	pen or pencil;
5	Reasons for Secession	pen or pencil;
6	The War	pen or pencil;
7	The End of the War	pen or pencil;

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	Texas	Describe the westward expansion of the United States. Describe the role of Sam Houston in our history.
2	Frontier Life	Describe Frontier life.
3	The Underground Railroad	Describe what the Underground Railroad was and why it was needed. Discuss the life of Harriet Tubman. Evaluate what it would have been like to be a slave in those days.
4	A Country With Problems	Write about the Civil War and the reasons it was fought.
5	Reasons for Secession	Explain "equality".
6	The War	Describe the friction between the North and the South.
7	The End of the War	Understand what helped lead to the end of the Civil War Understand the effects that the war had on Black Americans

Module Key Words:

Key Words
Expansion Santa Anna The Alamo Sam Houston Texas Revolution Rio Grande Underground Railroad runaway conductor plantation Harriet Tubman Follow the Drinking gourd Civil War Abolitionists Abraham Lincoln Confederate States Ulysses S. Grant Emancipation Proclamation Equality

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
Texas	What was the Mexican American War?
Frontier Life	What was life like on the American Frontier?
The Underground Railroad	What was the Underground Railroad?
A Country With Problems	What were the events leading to the Civil War?
Reasons for Secession	Why did the Southern States want to secede from the United States?
The War	What was life like during the Civil War?
The End of the War	How did the Civil War end?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
Texas	Westward Migration	What was the Louisiana Purchase? What was the cause of the War of 1812? What was the Battle of the Alamo? What was the Gold Rush of 1849? What was the Missouri Compromise? What were the arguments for and against slavery?
The Underground Railroad	The Underground Railroad	When were slaves first brought to America? Why was cotton so important to the U. S. economy? What was the abolitionist movement? Who were stationmasters? What was the Underground Railroad? Who are some important people from the Underground Railroad? What was the Fifteenth Amendment?
The Underground Railroad	The Life of Harriet Tubman	What are 5 things you learned about Harriet Tubman?
A Country With Problems	Civil War and Reconstruction	What were the events leading to the Civil War? What were the steps taken for Reconstruction? What are 5 things you learned from this video?
The War	Causes of the Civil War	What were the causes of the Civil War? What are 5 things you learned about Abraham Lincoln from this video?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	Life on the Frontier	Bethany Onsgard	940L
2	Daily Life in a Covered Wagon	Paul Erickson
3	You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Pioneer!	Jacqueline Morley
4	Westward Expansion	Teresa Domnauer
5	The Civil War	Peter Benoit	870L
6	Like a River: A Civil War Novel	Kathy Cannon Wiechman	750L
7	Reconstruction and the Aftermath of the Civil War	Lisa Colozza Cocca	860L
8	What Was the Underground Railroad?	Yona Zeldis McDonough	710L
9	Voices from the Underground Railroad	Kay Winters	500L

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

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