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North and South
Young scholars study the Civil War and the changes it brought to our country. They examine some of Robert E. Lee's accomplishments and the contributions he made as president to Washington and Lee University. They make a map showing which...
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Decisions.... Decisions
Learners examine the stories of important decisions that have affected American history. They identify the cause and effect relationship of decisions by George Washington and Robert E. Lee and create graphic organizers with their...
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History Biographies
Students explore the life and the contributions of five people from U.S. history in the five lessons of this unit. james Madison, Dolly Madison, Sequoyah, Harriet Tubman, and Clara Barton are presented to students for exploration and...
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Using Maps to Uncover a Soldier's Life
Students follow path of the Virginia 5th Infantry as it fought its battles, using a rich, interactive map.
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What was life like for the Civil War Soldier?
Pupils view various primary sources and complete a worksheet about the sources. They choose at least three sources: a print, a letter and a newspaper article and record relevant information. They write a journal response about life as a...
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Influence of Union and Confederate Resources in 1860 on the Civil War
Eighth graders compare/contrast population, railroad mileage, manufacturing plants, and industrial workers between the Union and Confederate States in 1860; students analyze effects of the resources of the Union and Confederate Forces on...
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The American Civil War Conflict Begins
Tenth graders get a feel for the people behind the American Civil War and the beginning of the conflict. discuss some of the reasons the Confederate and Union soldier fought and explain the motives behind moves made by both the Union and...
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Civil War Time Line
Students develop time lines of various events that took place during the Civil War. They sequence events in chronological order and demonstrate research skills using the Internet and library sources.
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Financing the Confederacy's War Effort
Young scholars study the financing of the Civil War. They work in small groups taking on various roles including a Southern planter, yeoman, skilled wage earner, unskilled wage earner, and merchant. They analyze primary documents to...
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Technology Integration Lesson Plan: Civil War Spreadsheet
Eighth graders discuss and analyze Civil War data, manually graph data on handout, work with partners to enter data into spreadsheets, and create charts on spreadsheet for each data set.
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Space Trader And Economics
Students' play a game applying different economic and game terms. In the game, the students' are to travel to 4 planets which provide the best resources for increasing their money to purchase a moon in the end. The students' keep track...
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Confederation Politicians
Students explore the production of newspapers about Confederation. The students are organized into groups and are asked to take on the roles of newspaper staff members. Their first assignment is to write a story based on an interview...
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Graveyard Investigation
Fifth graders visit a cemetery and copy the headstones of soldiers killed during the Civil War. They role-play as soldiers aand write letters about their war experiences.
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Morgan's Raid in Ohio
Pupils examine the cause, effect, and impact of Morgan's Ohio raid during the Civil War. They complete unit sections on the raid, dates, viewpoints, results, and historic markers.
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Arkansans' Role in the Confederate War
Eleventh graders identify information about Arkansas Confederate regiments during the Civil War. They discuss relative information presented by each group about the assigned Confederate regiments
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Role of Arkansas women in the Civil War period
Eighth graders, in groups, describe the activities of Arkansas women during the Civil War.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Religion in the Civil War: The Southern Perspective
Essay presents an in-depth account of the white Southern perspective of the Civil War and the role religion played for slaves and non-slaves alike. Questions for guiding student discussion.
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: At the Dry Tortugas During the War
The text of a memoir of life at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas during the Civil War.The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material...
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Confederate Constitution and Cornerstone Speech
Excerpts from The Constitution of the Confederate States of America and Alexander Stephens Cornerstone Speech.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Alexander H. Stephens: Cornerstone Confederate Speech
This is the text of the Cornerstone speech for the Confederacy which was delivered by Alexander H. Stephens on March 21, 1861, in Savannah, Georgia.
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: The Cherokee and the Confederacy
This site contains the document in which the Cherokee pledge their allegiance to the Confederacy.
Other
America's Civil War: Population Distribution of the Future Confederate States
Provides information on the 1860 Population distribution of the the eleven future Confederate states after the Civil War.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Confederate States of America
Outline of the beginning of the Civil War in which the Southern states began seceding from the Union and forming a Confederacy.
Other
Marshall University: Rosanna Blake Library of Confederate History
Online exhibition of an extensive collection of historical Confederacy artifacts.