Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. worksheets, text problems, workbooks, teacher prepared exercises, etc.
What is truth? Exercise
Objective: To reinforce concept of different "truths."
Activity: Show brief parts of video/films that show different aspects and point of view of the Civil War. Possible sources: "Gone With the Wind," "Red Badge of Courage," "Dances With Wolves," "They Died With Their Boots On," Ken Burns' "The Civil War." Students will write essays on the questions of point of view of each film, drawing their own conclusions as to the "truth" about the American Civil War.
