S T U D E N T G U I D E
Clara Barton
How did the leadership of Clara Barton impact the nation at the end of the American Civil War?
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Table of Contents
Skills Focus
Overview and Connect
Read and Check
Analyze / Engage with the Text
Summarize
Develop / Build Your Argument
Draft and Review / Create your CERCA
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Definition | Facts and Characteristics___ |
Examples | Non-examples___ |
Vocabulary Word:�
WAR CASUALTIES
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Build Your Vocabulary: �Frayer Model — War Casualties �
The Frayer Model helps you learn vocabulary from different angles.
Frayer Model
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Cornell Notes: Writing About Social Studies
What techniques can be used in writing about social studies? | Writing techniques include… |
What are primary and secondary sources? | Primary and secondary sources are... |
Why is it important to cite sources? | Citing sources is important because… |
Instructions: Take notes on the Direct Instruction lesson using the organizer below. Then summarize and reflect on the next page.
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S K I L L S F O C U S
Cornell Notes: Writing About Social Studies
Summarize and Reflect
In your own words and in complete sentences, write a 3–4 sentence summary of this Direct Instruction lesson. An accurate summary will cover the lesson's central ideas and include important details to support those ideas.
Record your summary here:
O V E R V I E W A N D C O N N E C T
Find Your Purpose for Learning
Instructions: When you have finished reading the Overview for this lesson, answer the following questions in the space below:
What more would you like to learn about Barton’s life and legacy? What do you want to find out about the American Civil War? What would you like to know about the role that women played in the Civil War?
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O V E R V I E W A N D C O N N E C T
Share Your Personal Connection
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R E A D
Share Your Reflections
Instructions: During or after you have finished reading, find the questions in the text marked Pause and Reflect. These questions may help you understand the text, or they may help you connect the text to yourself, to other texts, or to the world around you.
Use the space on the left below to answer the reflection questions. Then discuss your answers, noting how they were similar or different.
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S T E P 2 : R E A D
Test Prep Strategy: Context Clues
When you read, you might come across words that you don’t know. When this happens, look at the words and phrases around that word. You can use these “context clues” to figure out what new words mean!
Practice using context clues. Review the bold words in the passage. Then, predict what you think each word means based on its context. Finally, go to the “Vocabulary” link to compare your definition to the dictionary definition.
Vocabulary Term | Your Definition | Dictionary Definition |
Example: Narrator | A person who tells a story | The person telling a story |
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A N A L Y Z E / E N G A G E W I T H T H E T E X T
Highlight and Annotate
In this step, you will analyze the text closely, then discuss your findings to begin developing reasoning for your argument.
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S U M M A R I Z E
Write a Summary
Summaries help you process your thinking about a text and are often a great way to start off an argumentative or informational essay. A good summary shows you have knowledge about a topic.
Practicing summarizing also helps you prepare for the main idea questions posed on many standardized assessments. In addition, summarizing is a helpful skill for working with others, such as when you need to confirm your understanding of what someone else has said. That's a useful skill for all parts of life.
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D E V E L O P / B U I L D Y O U R A R G U M E N T
Share your Argument Builder
When you’ve completed the argument building step, share your results with others, and listen to how they responded to the same question. Ask questions, and give feedback to help strengthen your partners’ reasons and evidence.
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Share Your Argument | Listen and Record Others |
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D R A F T A N D R E V I E W / C R E A T E Y O U R C E R C A
Peer Editing Activity
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D R A F T A N D R E V I E W / C R E A T E Y O U R C E R C A
Reflect on Your Writing
Before you submit your final CERCA, write a brief reflection describing your experience.
An area for growth for me on this piece or in my writing in general is…
The strongest areas of this piece of writing are…
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Through self-assessment and/or peer editing, I learned…
Extension Activities
The following activities can be used as extensions to this lesson.
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O P T I O N A L E X T E N S I O N : I N Q U I R Y T O R E S E A R C H
Become A History Detective!
Background:
Many sources can be used to uncover facts and stories about a person’s life. Typically, these sources include details such as:
Historical Investigation
Your mission for this week: You are a historical detective! Uncover details about the life of a historical figure whom you consider a leader. Find at least three sources about this person.
As you read, take notes about the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” of their life (including how they came to be a leader). Compare what is presented in each source.
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Become A History Detective! (Continued)
Here are six questions that may help you in your detective work:
After you complete your search, ask yourself:
Create:
Use the information from your notes to illustrate key events from this person’s life. Include captions and other text features to explain what is happening in each drawing.
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Become A History Detective! (Continued)
Share
Share the results of your investigation and your illustrations with a classmate. Ask your partner what they know about the leader or the event you explored, and what else they’d like to know about this topic. Repeat the process so that both people have a chance to share and speak. Don’t stop there! Extend the conversation to include other students and schools. You or your teacher can share your work with the ThinkCERCA community by posting content with the hashtag #SparkCourageousThinking.
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Ask Questions of the Texts
As you engage with texts in any subject, you can actively ask questions about the author’s purpose, intended audience, and occasion to understand the message. The table below provides examples.
Approaches | Example |
Questions about the author | Is the author an authority on this topic? What was the author’s motivation in writing this piece? |
Questions about the audience, purpose, and occasion of the text | Why was this article written? Why was it published at this time? |
Questions about civics, economics, geography, and history | What led to the American Civil War? |
Questions about concepts and ideas | What gives someone the drive to act as a leader, even at personal risk? |
Questions about self and community reflections | How have the actions of people in the past shaped communities today? |
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Ask Questions of the Texts (continued)
Use the table below to record questions about the text you read.
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Questions about civics, economics, geography, and history | |
Questions about concepts and ideas | |
Self and Community Reflections | |
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Sharing Additional Research Findings, Learnings, and Experiences
Roundtable discussions offer you the opportunity to share what you’ve learned, as well as to ask questions and learn from others. Come to the discussion prepared to share your key findings. Use the organizer on the next page.
How the discussion works:
Remember, it’s important to value dialogue and appreciate different perspectives. Learning from and understanding people who think differently or have different experiences is part of the process of growth! You don’t have to agree to learn from another perspective!
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Discussion Notes
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What interested you about the topic in the first place? | |
What was your most striking finding? | |
What questions were raised by your experience? |
Presenter | Questions and Learnings from Peers |
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