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Letters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research the factors that are important in winning a battle in the Civil War. In a second activity they are assigned the role of a specific type of person during the Civil War and asked to describe what it's like being that person.
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Written Document Analysis

For Students 6th - 12th
In this primary source analysis worksheet, students examine types of written documents and respond to 6 analysis questions about them.
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Primary and Secondary Sources

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students complete worksheets having to do with primary and secondary source documents. In this sources lesson, students define a primary source document, look at examples of primary and secondary sources. Students complete multiple...
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Worksheet for Analysis of a Written Document

For Students 8th - 12th
In this primary source analysis learning exercise, students respond to 16 short answer questions that require them to analyze the provided historical document.
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Sum It Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice summarizing information from a reading using their own words. They take notes while reading using a guided worksheet. For the written summary they have a budget of two dollars with each word used costing ten cents.
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Horatio's Drive:Activity Two

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students experience the historic value of personal letters by examining those Horatio Jackson's sent to his wife, Bertha, as well as ones they compose, and then write letters from Bertha to Horatio that reflect her day-to-day life.