Bobby and I discussed the topics he worked on with the substitute from Thursday. We reviewed the history up until the Civil War in Florida. He then created a K-W-L chart and we activated his prior knowledge regarding the Civil War (he worked on this with Kevin last year). Through the KWL activity, I was able to identify what his areas of interest were with regards to the war (weaponry, battles, Abraham Lincoln). We talked about the advances in medicine and weaponry that emerged from the Civil War and we talked about the underlying causes of succession. Bobby read several short articles, and looked at primary sources as we explored the war.