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Civil War Time Line Lesson Plan

Civil War Time Line Lesson Plan

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Civil War Time Line

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Students draw a time line on graph paper on a scale of one square to every five years beginning in 1770 and ending at 2000. They place historic events and inventions in their correct time period on the time line, and add their birthday to it.

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the united states civil war, timelines

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civil war, time line, social studies

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Grade

3rd - 5th

Subjects

Social Studies & History

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For Teacher Use

Instructional Strategy

Skills Practice

Year

2005

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