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Grades 6–12 · Five-day interdisciplinary RST
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment
Creation and Service in the American Civil War
Investigate Black recruitment and agency, Fort Wagner, continued military service and the struggle for equal pay. Examine the dedicated monument on Boston Common and locate Shaw’s family correspondence at Harvard’s Houghton Library.
Four subjects connected through evidence
- Social Studies explores formation, military service, geography and public memory.
- ELA develops source analysis, comparison and evidence based RACE writing.
- Math examines gross pay, deductions, differences and percentages.
- Science uses a controlled erosion investigation to explore surface processes and model limitations.
Included in your purchase
- 20 page print student packet
- 20 page fillable digital student packet with 1000 character written response fields
- 10 page teacher guide with daily teaching notes, answer key, exemplars and 19 point RACE rubric
- NJSLS and CCLS standards on the first page of student and teacher materials
- Five daily readings with distinct Do Now and Quick Write headings
- 15 multiple choice questions with five questions per page
- Two final RACE writing pages with more than 40 response lines
- Regional locator map with compass rose, approximate scale and legend
- Boston memorial photograph and analysis
- Harvard archive activity identifying collection MS Am 1910 and comparing source perspectives
$39.99
Separate PDF downloads
After confirmed payment, download the print packet, fillable packet and teacher guide individually. No ZIP is required. One educator license for use with your own students.
Digital classroom use
Students open the digital PDF in a form compatible PDF application, type and save, then submit the saved copy through Google Classroom. Classroom preview alone may not allow typing. These PDFs require teacher scoring. I Do, We Do and They Do directions appear only in teacher notes.
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