Students identify and interpret the life of a drummer boy during the Civil War as well as about a reenactment. Students listen to a fictionalized story or a Civil War reenactor and compare ot with the life of the drummer boy the story...

Imagine you are a soldier in the Civil War. What are you wearing? What do you need to carry with you? Examine the life of a person during the Civil War, from drummer boys to powder monkeys to musket-toting soldiers. Elementary...

Students explore some of the battles of the Civil War through music, literature, and art. The use of the drum on the battlefield and the reflections and emotions of the drummer boys are examined.

Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

The Civil War is undoubtedly a part of America's history, but could it be part of your pupils' history as well? Middle schoolers conduct research to discover a connection between their ancestors and the American Civil War. Whether...

Third graders read "Cvil War on Sunday" together and discuss characters, setting, problem and resolution. They determine facts from fiction used in the story and research drummer boys in the Civil War or Clara Barton using the Internet....

Drill and practice phonemes, letter formations, written language, vowel correspondences, as well as consonant correspondences with youngsters. They will locate and identify the /b/ in written and spoken words from flash cards containing...

Students clap four-beat rhythm patterns containing whole, half, dotted half, quarter, and eighth notes and rests in a given tempo. They clap the tempo as their teacher holds up flash cards.

Students read Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the life of Abraham Lincoln, including, but not limited to, the Civil War. Included are reading, art, math,...

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.

High schoolers conduct Internet research to investigate the use of children in combat throughout the world. Students read personal testimonies and analyze media coverage of children in combat.

Learners examine human rights by taking a closer look at children in combat. In this human rights lesson, students discuss the reasons that children have been used to fight wars throughout history and today. Learners analyze the...

Students use expansion and properties of power to identify the given initials of songs. For this word problem worksheet, students write  the  initials out using the exponents to find out how many words there are. There are 17...

Students perform movements to trigger high and low tones in music produced by percussionists.

High schoolers can enhance their research skills through using the Internet to discover the answers to these trivia questions. All of these answers begin with the letter "B."

In this grammar learning exercise, students rewrite twenty sentences by changing the subject from plural to singular or singular to plural. Students keep all the verbs in the present tense.

First graders listen to a variety of Noah's Ark, based on the story in the Old Testament. They hear another "flood story" for comparison.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read 3 different stories, then complete multiple choice questions about each.

A scanned copy of the 1863 publication of The Drummer Boy by John Townsend Trowbridge, a fiction book for children.

Biographical profile of a boy soldier of the Civil War, John Clem, who went on to have a lifelong career in the U.S. military.

An image of "The Naughty Drummer Boy", created by Nicolaes Maes, c. 1655 (Oil on canvas, 62 x 66 cm).

Students analyze engaging documents written by children of the Civil War. After studying the documents, they are to complete various tasks as if they were there.

Use this extensive Ezra-Jack Keats website. It gives a summary of the different books and looks at Keats as a person and author.