The American Civil War: Why Did the North Win

Students research soldier's lives in the American Civil War. They create a video about a soldier's life

Middle schoolers explore the history of the African-American troops that served during the American Civil War. After reading primary source documents that detail the controversies about permitting freemen and former slaves to serve,...

Take a longer look at a formative time in history with a instructional activity that explores the causes of the American Civil War. After viewing a series of images and explanations for various forces at play, middle schoolers choose the...

After engaging learners in a set of wonderful lessons of the Civil War, test their knowledge with a Civil-War-themed Jeopardy game. Included here are 25 Civil War questions related to battles, key people, events, and slavery. 

Study and research the American Civil War in this explanatory writing lesson. Middle schoolers complete six activities to learn about the American Civil War and soldiers' views of the war. The lesson includes several options to complete...

Discuss the differences between the North and the South and how those differences led to the Civil War. Middle schoolers examine and analyze a famous speech or writing by President Lincoln in order to better understand the speaker's...

Listen to a compilation of music from the 1800s while clips of a recreated civil war are shown. The opposing troops march toward each other, have several battles, and camp out. The video ends with the Union's win.

Women's lifestyles before the Civil War made a huge impact as a point of causation. Give middle schoolers the opportunity to view firsthand the lives of women before the Civil War. They analyze primary source documents, view photographs,...

Save the time and use this blank KWL chart. Created to be used with the American Civil War as the focus, you could easily photocopy the sheet without the current heading. Consider blowing up the columns to give your learners more space...

North and South: two opposite directions and two opposite economic and social systems in time of the Civil War. Pupils peruse census websites and primary source photographs to understand what life was like for the everyday person before...