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United We Stand Lesson PlanUnited We Stand Lesson Plan
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United We Stand

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Students recreate and simulate the secession of the South during the Civil War by having their class secede from the school. They write an essay comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences of everyday life before and after secession.

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secession, the united states civil war

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civil war, secession, south, social studies

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