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Before Brother Fought Brother: Life in the North and South 1847-1861__ This the introduction and first in a series of lesson plans with this title as the heading. You will find goals, procedure, materials and more. - From National Endowment for the Humanities - http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=484
Civil War Activities Using the Internet__ Here is a list of several projects and classroom activities. Goals and procedure. - From School of Library and Information Science - http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/CivilWar.htm
Civil War and The Capital City __ "The divisions and horrors of the Civil War transformed D.C. and the country. Fifth of nine once-a-month guides that feature an illustrated segment on developments in the Washington area, Civil War and The Capital City features maps, news articles, speeches and documents to study and understand the issues, actions and people of the era. The illustration and Q&A present Washington, 1861-1865. Three maps are in this guide: ?Map It? (the ring of forts that defended D.C.), ?The Capital in Crisis? (the morning of Sept. 5, 1862) and ?Following in the Footsteps of History? (Civil War Heritage Trails in the area)." Goals, procedure and needed materials. The actual lesson plan is a PDF file download. Acrobat Reader needed. - From The Washington Post - http://tinyurl.com/547gt
Civil War Essay Writing __ "The learner will be able to list the six major themes presented in class and explain one in detail as an essay answer." Goals, procedure and materials needed. - From Educator's Reference Desk - http://tinyurl.com/4ezoy
Civil War Lesson Plan__ "When requested, the student will describe events leading to the Civil War that will include at least 3 of the 6 events covered as well as the impact those events had on the northern and southern societies." Goals, procedure and materials needed. - From adprima.com - http://www.adprima.com/social.htm
Civil War Lesson Plans__ Here are links to 19 Civil War lesson plans and activities. - From teach-nology.com - http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history/us_history/civilwar/
Civil War Lesson Plans__ Here are links to 13 Civil War lesson plans and activities. - From lessonplancentral.com - http://lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/Civil_War/
Civil War Lesson Plans __ Here is a handful of lesson links with goals, procedure and materials needed. - From Unknown - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4393/cwlesson.html
Civil War lesson plans for elementary school teachers in grades K-6...__Several lessons about many aspects of the Civil War and its history. Goals, procedure and needed materials. - From proteacher.com - http://www.proteacher.com/090053.shtml
Civil War Lesson Plan Ideas __ You will find a list of lesson plans about the American Civil War. Goals, procedure and materials needed. - From theteachersguide.com - http://www.theteachersguide.com/Civilwarlessons.html
Civil War Lesson Plans And Activities __ Here is a list of lesson plans and classroom activities about the Civil War. Goals, procedure and materials needed. - From educationworld.com - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson186.shtml
Civil War: Lesson Plans: Slavery and the Legal Status of Free Blacks__ "In this lesson plan, students will read actual arguments regarding the status of free blacks in Illinois and slavery in the United States more generally. In order to more effectively interpret the materials (which may be offensive to some readers), students should be offered a perspective from which to read such debates." You will find resources, goals, procedure and needed materials. - From Illinois During the Civil War Digitization Project - http://dig.lib.niu.edu/civilwar/teachers/afam1.html
Civil War Recipes__ "Students prepare foods, including hardtack, that were among the staples of a Civil War soldier's diet." Goals, procedure and materials needed. - From educationworld.com - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2001.shtml
The Civil War Through a Child's Eye __ "Following an introduction to the Civil War using photographic, daguerreotype, and non-fiction sources, students read Paul Fleischman’s Bull Run in Readers Theater format. Next, students examine and interpret primary source images of Civil War era children. Then, students reveal their understanding of a child’s perspective in a literary portrait. In sum, this lesson integrates reading, writing, and US history standards." goals, procedure and materials. - From Library of Congress - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/civilwar/overview.html
The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil
War__ "This is a NARA 'Teaching with Documents'
lesson plan on Colored Troops during the Civil War." Includes standards correlations, teaching activities and worksheets. Click on underlined text
to access images and further information. - Illustrated - From NARA -
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/blacks_in_civil_war/blacks_in_civil_war.html
Lesson Ideas for the Civil War Gallery__ A collection of lesson plans and classroom projects for a "Civil War Gallery" in the classroom. - From michigan.gov - http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-52969--,00.html
Lesson Plan: The Civil War __ "As a result of completing this unit, students will be able to...* discuss some of the social, political, and personal issues that Americans confronted during the Civil War era. * use the Internet to locate resources related to the Civil War and incorporate information from these resources into their own writing. * define historical fiction and identify some of the techniques writers use to create good historical fiction.* discuss the central issues of the Civil War from a variety of different perspectives. * share their personal reactions to what they have learned in both small-group and whole-class discussions." Goals, procedure and materials needed. - From smplanet.com - http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html
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Lesson Plan: The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady__ "The sociology of the American Civil War can be viewed through a medium that was coming of age in the middle of the 19th century: photography. The National Archives and Records Administration makes available on-line over 6,000 digitized images from the Civil War. Mathew Brady and his associates, most notably Alexander Gardner, George Barnard, and Timothy O'Sullivan, photographed many battlefields, camps, towns, and people touched by the war." You will find lessons and other resources. - From National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/brady_photographs/brady_photographs.html
Lesson Plans for Civil War History __ You will find five lesson plans and two class activities along with links to more. Goals, procedure and materials needed. - From Civil War Preservation Trust - http://www.civilwar.org/historyclassroom/hc_lesplanact.htm
Make a Civil War Flag__ "Make Civil War flags with your students. Talk about the importance of flags and what they represented to the soldiers during the Civil War. Discuss the role of color guards. What do flags represent to students today?" Goals, procedure and needed materials. - from michigan.gov - http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-52969--,00.html
Now We Are Engaged in a Great Civil War, 1848-1880___Five lesson plans aimed at high school students, about the Civil War. Topics include the war's background, the war years, emancipation and reconstruction. - Text only - From the Educator's Reference Desk - http://tinyurl.com/cu2xd
Role Playing the Civil War__ The purpose of this plan is to provide a frame for the students to use in evaluating both points of view in the Civil War. Goals, procedure and materials needed. - From Carol Strickler - http://tinyurl.com/c85s4
Teaching with Historic Places -- Civil War Lesson Plans __ You will find several lesson plans and activities with goals, procedure and more. - From National Park Service - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/civwar00.htm