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Civil War
•By Kevin
Underwood
•Grade
Level: 8
Goal
• The goal is to
educated the
students with
several different
resources like
movies, reports,
and activities.
America Heritage &
People in Societies
Time, Continuity, and
Change
Activities
• Students develop time
lines of various events
that took place during
the Civil.
• Students create a
museum exhibit about
life during the Civil
War.
• Watch the movie,
“Gettysburg.”
Activities
• Students learn about
battles, write diaries
using slang, and create
biographies of women.
• Discuss the causes of
the war, and discuss
the two leaders of the
North and South.
Websites
• http://www.civil-war.net/
• http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
• http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civil
war/civilwar.htm
• http://www.civilwar.com/
• http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm
People in Societies
Culture
Activities
• Students will
investigate the music
of the Civil War, and
how songs were used
to arouse emotion.
• Groups of four will
make a Civil War
recipe.
• Define the slang
words of Civil War.
Activities
• Students learn about
the Underground
Railroad.
• Explore the
symbolism of the
flags, and create flags
of their own.
Websites
• http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/
• http://members.tripod.com/~Chubbles/circui
t/cwc.html
• http://www.vmi.edu/~archtml/cwsource.htm
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• http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
• http://users.erols.com/kfraser/
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World Interactions
People, Places, and
Environment
Global Connections
Activities
• Read an article about
an African American
soldier serving the
Union Army.
• Students research how
soldiers combat
boredom today and
during the Civil War.
• Read soldiers’ letters.
Activities
• Students research
cooperatively a female
Civil War spy, then
present a news
broadcast about her
contributions.
• Read a doctor’s diary,
and students discuss
the practice of
medicine.
Websites
• http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwd
ocs.html
• http://www.ncwa.org/
• http://www.civilwardata.com/
• http://www.civilwarhome.com/
• http://www.awod.com/cwchas/
Citizenship Rights And
Responsibility
Power, Authority, &
Governance
Civil Ideals and Practices
Activities
• Students study
transcriptions of
articles from two
Augusta county
newspapers to see how
white Southerners
defended the
institution of slavery.
Activities
• Students explore
primary source
documents explaining
the causes of the Civil
War, and take on a role
of a person living
during this era.
• Watch the series:
North and South
Activities
• Students do a mock
trial of Jefferson Davis
who is charged for
treason after the war is
over.
• Investigate Lincon’s
Assisination.
Websites
• http://www.cwreenactors.com/
• http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.ht
ml
• http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/data.htm
• http://www.treasurenet.com/
• http://www.civilwarnews.com/
Democratic Processes
Individuals, Groups, and
Institutions
Civic Ideals and practices
Activites
• Students to do a book
report one general.
• Discuss the
importance of the
“Emancipation
Proclamation.”
• Compare and contrast
Lincoln’s drafts and
final version of
Gettsyburg Address.
Activities
• Do a time line of
General Lee life.
• Read an article about a
prisoner exchange
between the Union
and Confederate
armies arranged by
President Lincoln and
Stephan Alexander.
Websites
• http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htm
• http://www.usafa.af.mil/dfeng/index.htm#c
warres.htm
• http://www.civilwararchive.com/
• http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/gb/
civilhome.html
• http://www.civilwarpages.com/
Decision making and
Resources
Power, Authority, and
governance
Production, Distribution,
and consumption
Activities
• Rewrite a different
ending to the War.
• Plot and map the order
of the battles.
• As General Lee,
strategize your
movements in the
Gettysburg Battle.
Activities
• Play “ Civil War: A
Simulation of Civilian
and Soldiers Life
during the American
Civil war.”
• Watch “Abraham
Lincoln: A New Birth
of Freedom.”
Websites
• http://home.ptd.net/~nikki/civilwar.htm
• http://www.uscivilwar.com/
• http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/unions.htm
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• http://www.ibiscom.com/cwfrm.htm
• http://www.multied.com/CivilWar/
Science, Technology, and
Society
Activities
• Students write and
decode messages
using Morse code, as
Civil War soldiers
might have done.
• Show how to fire and
reload a replica gun
during the Civil War
period.
Activities
• Students make a
display on
transportation during
the war period.
• Students study a chart
showing Civil War
deaths and fill out the
worksheet included.
• Watch: Touring Civil
War Batterfields
Websites
• http://www.civilwarletters.com/civil_war_s
ources.html
• http://users.erols.com/jreb/regiment.html
• http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_su
m_outside.html?tname=2873&url=2873/
• http://www.wtj.com/wars/civilwar/
• http://www.cr.nps.gov/csd/gettex/
Conclusion
• The activities and
websites provide
several different ways
to the Civil War.
• The End