
American Civil War for Teachers
For the American Civil War: Free Use lesson plans, classroom activities, interactive activities, simulations, debates, mock trial, primary documents, learning modules for kids, review activities, concluding activities, and projects written by us and by other teachers for the Civil War.
Lesson Idea (Mr. Donn): Problem Solving, Discussion or Debate (Middle School, 8th-grade): Up to a certain point, the Civil War could have been avoided. After that point, war was predictable. Determine where that point might have been and why.
These are incredible lesson plans from the Library of Congress, with photos and instructions for teachers and students.
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American Civil War Photographs, What do you see? - 3 days, by the time your kids finish this lesson plan, they will be involved in this time period
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American Civil War Photographs - sort from many online photographs, and pick one or more to write a newspaper article based on what you see and guess
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Photojournalism, A record of war - analyze how and why the American Civil War was photographed
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The American Civil War Through a Child's Eye - Using Readers Theatre approach, Paul Fleischman's Bull Run, and photos and primary resources
Core Knowledge Lesson Plans about the American Civil War
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