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Students could easily see the similarities

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Introductory Lesson, so "Beginning" criteria is probably what needed to be played here.  (Not a bad thing, that's just where the lesson was.)  Teacher lecture from overhead, students taking notes.  Prior knowledge from students was good.  Good student answers to questions.  I liked their understanding of the cause and effect of why the north would need more travel routes (or something like that... :) )

I liked your connection of the 1860 Lincoln election to today.  Lots of great comparisons, and the kids seemed to get it.  Good questioning - what do we do when we disagree with our President now, since we can't leave like they did back then?  Students wrote their responses, and turned/talked to each other about them.  Good intro to discussion about "The Wall" - we left before we could hear the discussion, but saw the question for students to answer (Why would people support it? Why would others oppose?).   I bet there was some lively discussion after we left.  The topic was definitely relevant to today's political climate.  It was hard for me not to chime in.  :)

In a nutshell:
Meaningful work - Beginning.  Since it was an introductory lesson, the info was very structured.
Authentic Resources - Beginning (Same thing - introductory lesson)
Learning Connections - Emerging/Developed (Students were able to articulate connections between real world (today's politics) and the content (1860's politics).

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Great visuals with the maps.  The lesson was clearly designed to help the students connect to real-world issues.  

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Great visuals with the maps.  The lesson was clearly designed to help the students connect to real-world issues.  

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Great job on setting the foundation for the upcoming lessons!  The students will have a clear understanding of events needed to help increase discussions on the topics!

Students were listening to the information!

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What a great lesson to connect with what's going on in our society currently post election! Comparing the maps was brilliant.

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Learning connections- emerging - students were making real world connections by note taking and talking with partners (but going forward to developed as lesson continues)

Authentic resources- beginning -lesson is being developed through note taking and discussion -( moving towards developed)

Student learning- beginning - class specific - setting foundations (moving to developed)

Great lesson - students will enjoy discussing- would be great opportunity for Socratic seminar / debate! I wanted to stay and hear more!

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Great visual of 2016 election map. Kids immediately made connections.

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Agricultural
Cotton
Slavery

North:
Industrial
Didn't need slavery, not necessarily against it.

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Post comments by double clicking anywhere on the screen!  You can post voice, pics, docs.  Have fun...Kyle