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- 5th - 8th
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Students discuss political, social, and personal issues relating to the Civil War from various perspectives using internet sources. Students write various selections from Civil War characters' point of view. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students research and write essays about one of six major themes regarding the American Civil War. Full Review »
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- 5th
Students identify key people in the Civil War and explain their contributions. They research Civil War contributors and develop a collaborative multimedia publication. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine historically significant people of the Civil War. They conduct Internet research on a selected Civil War person, and create a Powerpoint presentation that contains facts and pictures to present to the class. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students participate in activities that introduce them to life during the Civil War and slavery in this unit. They study maps, the flags and life accounts. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students choose a novel based on the Civil War. They discuss the roles of the members of a Literature Circle and then participate in various discussion and writing activities following the novel they choose. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students examine Civil War battlefields in Arkansas. They read primary source documents written by Arkansans. They discover what life was like during the Civil War as well. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students use the internet to gather information on the Civil War. They create a timeline of events and write a newspaper article about one of them. They research an important figure of the war and write a biography. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students realize the roles ordinary citizens played in making history, both men and women during the civil war. They learn to analyze what historians can learn from primary source material generated by average citizens. And, to learn about events that were critical to the outcome of the civil war and its meaning to the American history. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students investigate the role of South Carolina in the Civil War. They write summaries in order to answer this and other essential questions. Students also explain in writing the effect of Reconstruction in the state. Full Review »