Module+2

Abstract:
Students will research the conspirators that surrounded President Lincoln's assassination. Students will be placed into small groups and will choose one particular conspirator to research more in-depth. Students will then create a PowerPoint presentation to share their findings. Students will show their understanding and knowledge by taking a summative assessment at the end of the unit.

**Goals:**

 * Students will become familiar with the assassination of President Lincoln.
 * Students will become an expert on one of the co-conspirators surrounding the assassination of President Lincoln.

**Objectives:**

 * Students will understand that there were multiple conspirators in President Lincoln's assassination.
 * Students will recall who the key conspirators were in the death of President Lincoln.
 * Students will be able to recall the events leading up to President Lincoln's assassination.
 * Students will research one conspirator and the role they played in the assassination of President Lincoln.
 * Students will know the events following the assassination and how their chosen conspirator left Washington D.C.
 * Students will identify what role their chosen conspirator played in the assassination of President Lincoln.
 * Students will create an opinion as to whether each conspirator was punished justly and give evidence supporting their opinion.
 * Students will create a presentation on one conspirator in the form of PowerPoint presentation sharing their findings.
 * Students will explain conspirator's roles in the assassination of President Lincoln and answer general questions about the Lincoln assassination.

**Standards:**

 * Language Arts:**
 * Key Ideas and Details:** [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3] and [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.1] (Common Core, 2012)
 * Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity:** [|CCSS.ELA-iteracy.RI.6.10] (Common Core, 2012)
 * Text Types and Purposes:** [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.1] and [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.2] (Common Core, 2012)

Technology-NETS for Students:

 * 1. Creativity and Innovation:** a and b (ISTE, 2007)
 * 3. Research and Information Fluency:** c and d (ISTE, 2007)
 * 5. Digital Citizenship:** a (ISTE, 2007)
 * 6. Technology Operations and Concepts:** a and d (ISTE, 2007)

**Assessment:**
Students will create a PowerPoint presentation about the conspirator they choose. Students will share the created PowerPoint with the entire class. Students will actively listen to the presentations. Students will then take a quiz using Google docs. The quiz will consist of questions that are: short answer, paragraph form, and multiple choice. This assessment will be posted on the class blog. Students will be taken to the computer lab so all students can take the assessment at the same time. When students finish the the quiz using Google docs they will click the submit button and the answers will be sent directly to the teacher's Google account. The answers will appear in a spreadsheet with a time stamp and each answer in a separate column, for easy grading.

=**President Lincoln's assassination quiz:**=

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