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Middle School Assessment for the Civil War Curriculum AssessmentMiddle School Assessment for the Civil War Curriculum Assessment
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American Battlefield Trust
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6th - 8th
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Middle School Assessment for the Civil War Curriculum

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The bravery of African American troops on the frontlines directly impacted the lives of the newly freed enslaved people. Using documents, including letters from African American troops and an excerpt of the Emancipation Proclamation, class members consider the fight for freedom by African Americans during the Civil War. Other items in the assessment include a bank of 25 multiple-choice questions.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

battles of the civil war, causes of the civil war, the united states civil war, civil war, essay writing, historical documents, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use all or some of the multiple-choice questions to assess learning and pre-knowledge
  • Structure a group discussion around the documents-based question included in the resource

Classroom Considerations

  • Primary sources feature images of enslaved people 

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  • Resource has a variety of questions to adapt into quizzes and tests
  • Documents-based question is engaging while it reviews key concepts 

Cons

  • Resource does not include the key

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.5 RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.7 RH.6-8.8 RH.6-8.9 RH.6-8.10

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