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=G.R.A.S.P.S= = = ( Feel free to copy and paste what you have on your wiki page for Dr. Grace.)
 * Goal || Students will understand that the North and the South had differing opinions about themselves and each other. In groups of three or four, choose three events or ideas about the Civil War from the given list to recreate in a documentary. Your task as an eyewitness is to give your account of what happened during the Civil War. ||
 * Role || You are an eyewitness to the Civil War. ||
 * Audience || A group of historians who are writing a text book want to analyze your version of what happened. They are interested in funding a new movie about the Civil War to put as a special feature in the textbook. ||
 * Setting || What you have to say about the Civil War will be published as a documentary and added as a special feature in the next issue of the Mencoe Publishing Company U.S. History textbook to be released in [2011]. ||
 * Presentation || Your task is to create a historically accurate i-Movie documentary designed to explain the who, what, where, why, when, and how of the Civil War. This will be "published". ||
 * Standards || Your work will be judged by a group of historians played by the class and myself. Your presentation will be evaluated on the basis of time, speaking clearly, content, collaboration with peers, eye contact, and whether you listen to others during presentations other than your own. Your video documentary will be evaluated on your sited sources, content, presentation, permission asked to use sources, attractiveness, and organization. ||

=Introduction= Violence. War. Destruction. The Civil War was a clash between the Northern and the Southern states. Events during the Civil War Era would change the country forever. Events and ideas that occurred during and after war need to be preserved for future generations. As an eyewitness, you saw everything happen. Are you up for the challenge?

=Task= The Mencoe Publishing Company just fired their top writing team. They are looking for the best of the best to put together the Civil War section of their next history textbook. Guess what? You just happened to live through the Civil War Era and you've got a brand new idea! Who wants to read a boring old textbook? Your task as an eyewitness is to give your account of what happened during the Civil War. A group of historians will analyze your version of what occurred and possibly add it as a special feature in their Mencoe Publishing Company U.S. History textbook to be released in [2011]. The product you present will be an accurate, detailed video presentation. We have to get a move on so that the book can go into printing!

=Conclusion= Events that occurred during the war changed this country forever. Now you have gained some insight about the events of the Civil War and the reasons for why the war happened. Congratulations on all of your hard work! Now you understand that the North and the South had differing opinions about themselves and each other. After the Union won the war, slavery would come to an end and Reconstruction would soon begin. Your challenge is complete.