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Who Fought for the Union?

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Learners read New York Times articles, letters, and listen to songs written from a soldier's perspective during the Civil War in order to understand who was fighting in the Union Army. This is a great instructional activity, complete with weblinks, primary source documents, and worksheets.

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primary source analysis, primary sources, author's perspective, authors, the united states civil war, north and south, unions

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author's perspective, author's point of view, civil war, north and south, primary source analysis, song lyric analysis, union, social studies
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8th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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