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Siege and Battle of Corinth Lesson Plan

Siege and Battle of Corinth Lesson Plan

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Siege and Battle of Corinth

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Young scholars complete a variety of activities that go along with the study of and possible fieldtrip to thesite of the Siege and Battle of Corinth in Mississippi. They examine the role transportation routes played in the formation of their own community.

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railroads, the united states civil war

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battle, civil war, corinth, railroads, siege, social studies

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5th - 12th

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Social Studies & History

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