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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students research, using the Internet, specified Civil War battles in order to prepare an oral presentation for the class. They, in small groups, present using images and maps. They take a quiz on the subject matter and evaluate the web sites. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students get a feel for the people behind the American Civil War and the beginning of the conflict. discuss some of the reasons the Confederate and Union soldier fought and explain the motives behind moves made by both the Union and the Confederacy. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students, after researching antebellum North Carolina and the role of North Carolina in the Civil War, write, edit, publish, and produce their own plays. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students engage in this lesson which integrates creative writing with social studies and enhances knowledge of the effects of the Civil War on people. They gain a knowledge of the chronology of the Civil War, including particular key battles. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students follow an overview of the American Civil War from a film, the text and/or teacher direct instruction. They create a timeline with a large map of the U.S. in the 1860's available for student reference as they do the spider activity. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students study the Civil War novel, Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt. They review vocabulary and literary elements and write a "Brother Against Brother" essay about coming face to face with a brother in one of the battles of the Civil War. 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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- 9th - 11th
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Students trace the origins and consequences of the English Civil War on the government and society of England. They explain the significance of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 for the development of popular government and liberty in England and its colonies in North America. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students, after viewing a website on Civil War Time, explore and analyze the lifestyles of Civil War times as well as those of the soldiers through the writing of a composition of a narrative letter and story through the eyes of a soldier from that time period. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students examine life during the Civil War through various readings. They compare and contrast a novel they read in class to one they chose on the subject. They work together as a class to produce a newspaper displaying the information they gathered during the lesson. Full Review »
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