In their group, after they have completed this activity listed under the student section, they share all spider information. As each group member talks, the other members add to their individual spiders any information not listed, but deemed accurate. Each group takes a turn and shares their spider with the class. They are posted around the room and kept until the end of the unit. Then have students do activity again and compare their new results.
Students tell the teacher the needed Civil War information.
The teacher writes the information on poster paper. New information as learned is added to the chart as teacher spends the last few minutes of the period, or the beginning of the class having students recall what was learned. Each student visits three Civil War vocabulary sites and chooses 10 words different from other group members' words. The activity involves students creating a pictorial illustration and writing word meanings in their own words. This is not being graded for art.