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To Be or Not to Be: A Marriage of Civil War Descendants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine primary documents related to the burning of Chambersburg during the Civil Way. In this Civil War era history lesson, students study numerous primary documents relating to the burning of the town of Chambersburg. Students...
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How does it feel? Why is the Civil Rights Movement so Important?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the Civil War. In this US history lesson, 5th graders simulate what life was like during the Civil War by having two groups with one group given more materials than the other group. Students then draw a...
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The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Realism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research the Civil War and make connections between the war and the interpretation of the war in the novel The Red Badge of Courage to help them understand realism. In this Civil War recounting lesson, students complete several...
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Civil War Leaders

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore leaders of the Civil War. In this history instructional activity, 5th graders use picture puzzles, vocabulary, worksheets, WebQuest, a Venn Diagram and role play activities in order to learn who the Civil War...
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Free Blacks in the North and in the South

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research the different lives of free blacks in the South and the North. In this Post Civil War instructional activity, 11th graders analyze primary sources that illustrate their lives. Students create posters that...
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The Battle of Honey Springs: The Civil War Comes to the Indian Territory (68)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learn how the Civil War created fierce conflicts among American Indian nations who had been moved across the Mississippi River.
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American Literature and the Civil War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes fourteen lessons from the American Literature, The Civil War and Its Aftermath: 1845-1880 series, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading...
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Massachusetts 54th Raid at Darien, Georgia Shaw Letter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the expectations of Civil War soldiers. In this American Civil War lesson plan, students analyze a letter written by Colonel Shaw to his wife in order to gain an understanding of the expectations of the 54th Regiment....
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The Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil War (70)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Understand the violence of the Civil War through the eyes of young women whose homes were in the midst of an important battle and continuing conflict.
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Unscramble the Words: Civil War on Sunday

For Students 5th - 6th
For this historical word scramble worksheet, students unscramble ten words about Civil War on Sunday. A word bank is provided. The historical event this refers to is not clear.
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The Forgotten Soldiers: Their Glory Remembered

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a video and then role-play what it would have been like to be a member of the 54th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War.
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Echoes of Blue and Grey: Weekend Warriors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video about the Civil War and then describe famous battles from the perspective of either the Union or the Confederate side.
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Mine eyes have seen...Union soldiers in the South

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine letters written by Union soldiers fighting in the South during the Civil War, and write descriptions of the South using information found in the letters.
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Using Art to Study the Past: Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation - 1863

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze artwork as historical artifact and recognize that the Emancipation Proclamation was a major turning point in the Civil War.
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Bridges for All: Better Way

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore organizations founded for the common good. In this character education instructional activity, students read about organizations that developed for the common good during the Civil War and Reconstruction. In small...
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Arrest of the Maryland Legislature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this Civil War history worksheet, students read and discuss a selection regarding the arrest of the Maryland legislature.
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The Gettysburg Address

For Students 8th - 11th
In this American Civil War activity, students paraphrase the 6 noted sections of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address speech.
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The Underground Railroad

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a literature circle after reading a book about the Underground Railroad. They discuss their selected book with their literature circle group, and complete a handout about their role in the circle. Students...
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Civil War in Indiana

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate events that occurred in Indiana during the US Civil War. They brainstorm how Indiana was involved in the Civil War before working in small groups to conduct research on one specific event. They take roles in...
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Personal Accounts of the Korean Civil War 1950-1953

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders evaluate primary source documents from the Korean Civil War to compare and contrast them to different countries. They identify the boundaries of the Korean Civil War and work in groups to investigate the story of a Korean...
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U.S. Civil War Terms Word Search Puzzle

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Civil War worksheet, students recall eight terms associated with Civil War events and people. Students find these terms in the word search puzzle.
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Worksheet #17 - Incan Civil War

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Incan Civil War instructional activity, students demonstrate their knowledge of related terms in ten fill in the blank questions.
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Civil War Cards

For Teachers 4th - 6th
For this artistic worksheet, students write two short descriptive facts/sentences on two cards that refer to the history of the Civil War.
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"Gettysburg": Soldier Motivation in 1863

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders watch and discuss various clips from the movie "Gettysburg". Using the video, they identify the main motivation for the Union and Confederate soldiers. They describe how soldiers motivation changed from 1861 and 1863.

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