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The Civil War: Up Close and Personal Lesson PlanThe Civil War: Up Close and Personal Lesson Plan
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The Civil War: Up Close and Personal

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Students take an in depth look at different aspects of the Civil War. Using primary source documents, they discover that people who lived during the war are not so different from them. They read about the experience of a Confederate solider in a POW camp. They also discuss how the language used helps to examine the time period in which it was written.

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the united states civil war

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civil war, huff, pow, social studies
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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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