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Fort Morgan Lesson Plan

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Students investigate how Mobile, Alabama was significant to the Confederacy during the Civil War. They analyze maps, read primary source documents, write a research paper on Civil War military technology, and explore the Fort Morgan website.

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civil war, civil war military technology, fort morgan, social studies

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5th - 12th

Subjects

Social Studies & History

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