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1、WebQuest案例theAmericanCivilWar(onechapter:teachingin2sessions,90minutesforeachsession)Part1---Lead-inPart2---TasksPart3---detailedclassactivities(process)Part4---ResourcesPart5---assessmentPart6---conclusionPart1---Lead-inWhenwasthebeginningofthecivilwar？Whenwast

2、heendingofthecivilwar？Whatwerethereasonsofthewar？Whatwerethegreateventsrelatedtothewar?Whoweretheimportantrolesofthewar?Whatwasthehistoricsignificanceoftheevents?whydidtheUnitedStatesofAmericastopbeingunitedandstartkillingeachotherinstead?Part2---TasksStudentswo

3、uldbeaskedtoreadsomebackgroundinformationabouttheUScivilwarandthinkaboutthewar’sdevelopmentandeffects.Duringtheclasstime,Lecturer(teacher)willdeliverthedetailedcontentsincludingthestartingtimeofthewaranditsendingtime.Someimportanthistoricevents,andcrucialpersons

4、,likeLincoln,GeneralMcclellanandsoon.Studentswillbedividedintoseveralgroups(8-10ineach)todiscussomeevents’significanceaftertheeventsareintroducedoroffersomerelativeinformationbeforesomeeventsareexplained.Afteralleventsareintroducedandanalyzed,anassignmentofwriti

5、nga800-wordsessaywillbegiven.Oneexampleofgroupdiscussionwillbeshownasbelow:StudentscandiscussedabouttheareasfortheSouthandtheNorth,whichwouldbebasedonstudents’previousreading.Relativeinformationcanbe:•USAdivided:–slavestates(15in1861–South)–freestates(19in1861–N

6、orth,Mid-West,andCalifornia)Part3detailedclassactivities1---Lecturer’sdetaileddeliveryaboutbackgroundinformationorpossiblereasonsofthewarSlavery:TheBIGIssue(oneofthereasonsforthewar)•Onlyabout25%ofSouthernfamiliesownedslaves:justifiedoneconomicgrounds,religiousg

7、rounds,socialgrounds.•“Negroesaretoohigh[priced]inproportiontothepriceofcottonanditbehoovesthosewhoownthemtomakethemlastaslongaspossible.”–Slaveowner,1849.But:Wouldyouwanttobeaslave?Workinginthefieldfromsun-uptosun-down;atthemercyofthemaster’swhip.Separatedfromy

8、ourfamilyatanypoint–canbesoldtootherfarmers.2---TheBeginningOnApril12,1861,ConfederatesoldiersfiredonUniontroopsatFortSumterinSouthCarolina.Itwasthefirstactofopenaggr