Lesson Plan
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The Civil War through a Child's Eye

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils read Paul Fleischman's Bull Run in Readers Theater format. Next, students examine and interpret primary source images of Civil War era pupils and reveal their understanding of a child's perspective in a literary portrait.
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Views of the American West: True or False?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explain that a landscape painting may or may not accurately represent a specific place. They identify techniques that create the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface.