Identifying the differences between the worlds of the North and South is essential to understanding the rise of sectionalism that led to the Civil War. In this project-based learning activity, students examine life in either the North or the South by creating a newspaper that could have existed in t...

Get your upper elementary students excited about history! Here are five ideas for teaching your 5th through 8th grade students about the Civil War. 1. A Nation Divided--Help students understand the causes behind the war by comparing how the north and south developed very different economies and ways of life. I like to have students make a giant division sign in their social studies notebooks and describe northern was of life in the top bubble and southern ways of life in the bottom bubble. 2. "Bull Run" Read-Aloud--To squeeze in a little literature, I read the novel "Bull Run" by Paul Fleischman aloud to the class. It is written from the perspective of different characters in the north and the south, and the reader has to piece together the story as each character tells their part, all leading up to the battle at Bull Run. I'll be honest, it's a challenging book, which is why I do it as a read-aloud. To help students (and me) remember who the characters are, we make a chart of who's who to refer to as we read. 3. Goober Peas Song--Exposing students to music from different eras can be lots of fun. The son, Goober Peas, is a traditional folk song that Confederate soldiers would sing. It gives students a glimpse of what life was like for soldiers during this time period. Limited food supply, being away from family, boredom, and lots of sitting around waiting for battles. Play the song, give students copies of the lyrics, and discuss what can be inferred about a soldier's life during the Civil War. A quick Google search brings up several YouTube videos for students to enjoy. They always grumble and giggle at first, but the song has a catchy chorus and after introducing it, I hear the chorus all year long! 4. Underground Railroad Interactive Journey--If you haven't seen Scholastic's interactive journey on the Underground Railroad, you must! Students explore the life of slaves on plantations and travel the treacherous journey towards freedom in the north. There are wonderful photos, descriptions, and a few audio clips to engage students along the way. When they finish, I have them write a diary entry as a slave who escaped to freedom on the Underground Railroad. 5. Make a Civil War Museum Exhibit PBL--I like to end the Civil War unit with a hands-on project. Students choose a topic related to the Civil War, do some research, and construct a museum exhibit. Then, invite students from other classrooms to come to 'The Museum" and interact. Students love having an audience, and knowing that someone other than the teacher will be interacting with their work can be a powerful motivator. I've included a freebie with a list of possible topics and guiding questions below. Click the image for a PDF of this handout. Hey upper elementary and middle school social studies teachers, looking for more ideas to make history fun? I'm starting a blog series called Teach History with Me. Here's the first post on World War I and the Christmas Truce. More posts coming soon! --The Pensive Sloth

Cindy West shares her Slavery and Civil War Unit Study appropriate for elementary or middle school homeschoolers with living lit and project-based learning.

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This comprehensive civil war project follows BIE PBL guidelines. It includes teacher instructions, a student packet, and over 1200 Civil War images from the Library of Congress! Course: US History - Grades 7-12 Common Core: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.5 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.6 CCSS.ELA- LITERACY.CCRA.W.7 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.8 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.9 Student role: Tell the story of an unnamed Civil War soldier on both sides of the war. The goal is to make a historical event personal and relevant. The challenge will be assuming the role of an unknown person. The students will write and perform narratives that will be shared with the entire class, school, and possibly, community. The beneficiary will be the student and his/her audience. Products: Research Document, Civil War Soldier Information Sheet, Soldier Timeline, Soldier Map, Personal Narrative, and Digital Media Product. - Research Skills - Civil War Content Knowledge - - Writing - Presentation of Ideas -

Welcome to my TPT Store! This Civil War/Reconstruction Mini-Unit will encourage students to ask tough questions about the legacy of the Civil War and Reconstruction. In this project students will consider how history is remembered and memorialized. The overarching question of this project is “Who’s Civil War legacy should be celebrated?”. This topic is incredibly relevant to current events and the discussions surrounding confederate monuments that currently exist throughout the United States. I have found that students have enjoyed the opportunity to dig deeper into more specific topics/individuals of this time period. For their final assessment students will create a memorial design for their chosen Civil War/Reconstruction subject. Along with the design students must create a short essay for an accompanying plaque to provide an argument and explanation of their memorial design. This project has taken taken roughly 2-3 weeks in the past but can be easily shortened if needed. What comes with this project?: Essential question Detailed project description List of potential topics Detailed list of project requirements (for students) Sample pacing calendar Detailed rubric Scaffold-ed Learning: For each phase of the project students will complete a different "step" of the project to get them closer to the final project/presentation. These steps make grading easier and allow for students to pace their work and complete the unit in more manageable "chunks"

Welcome to my TPT store! In this PBL lesson plan students will explore the similarities and differences between events of the Civil Rights or Cold War Era and the events/movements of the present day. This project takes students step by step through the process of researching and analyzing the past and present. For student's final assessment they will create a 3-4 minute long podcast to educated others on the topic they have studied. This What comes with this project?: Essential question Detailed project description List of potential topics Detailed list of project requirements (for students) Podcast examples Detailed rubric Scaffold-ed Learning: For each phase of the project students will complete a different "step" of the project to get them closer to the final project/presentation. These steps make grading easier and allow for students to pace their work and complete the unit in more manageable "chunks"

Imagine that instead of witnessing the bombardment on Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the surrender at Fort Sumter to start the Civil War in 1861. How would his poem have been different? In this activity, students research using a variety of resources to learn about...

Handy civil war worksheets for 3rd-6th graders. Print american history worksheets to learn about the Civil War for kids from 1861-1865.

A visit to Andersonville National Historic Site, including the National POW Museum, Confederate Prison Camp Sumter, and Andersonville National Cemetery.

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I'm super excited to start the first of a series of posts on how I use Thinking Maps (graphic organizers) in my classroom to teach about the American Revolution. 5 things you should know about Thinking Maps-- 1. They provide students with a way to visualize and make sense of new content. 2. If you teach them early in the year, students begin to use them independently. 3. They are great for interactive notebooks. Seriously great. 4. You don't have to make copies to use them. Pencil, paper, done. 5. You can use them with all content. Check out my Thinking Maps board on Pinterest for some ideas. Let's start with the Brace Map. Brace Maps show part to whole relationships. When teaching the Declaration of Independence, I love to have my 5th graders start with the primary source. The actual document. It's quite overwhelming at first glance. Fancy language and unfamiliar words abound! So, I start by drawing the skeleton of the map, showing students that we can look at the Declaration of Independence in four parts. Then, we are able to read through and stop, summarize, and connect to what we've learned about the events leading to the American Revolution. Check it out, below! Come back soon for more on using Thinking Maps to teach about the American Revolution. --The Pensive Sloth Blog Facebook Pinterest

Help kids learn about the Civil War with these FREE printable Civil War for Kids Mini Book. Great for elementary age kids.

The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War, was a war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or the independence of the Confederacy.

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Bring the Civil War to life and give kids a reason why the Civil War is significant with these Civil War picture books.

Civil War reproduction quilts are incredibly popular and offer history lessons wrapped around sewing and piecing. The best of both worlds!

As a 5th grade teacher I have always felt a tremendous responsibility to teach the American history curriculum to my students. In Utah, we cover all of American history from early Native Americans all the way to present day America! That is a lot of curriculum to cover in just one year - especially in schools where high stakes testing place such an emphasis in teaching literacy, math, and science. The sad thing I've noticed is that teachers just don't have time for social studies. With no accountability to teach it, limited resources, and lack of support, history can be a hard subject for a lot of elementary teachers. So why should we teach American History? Why is it so important? I'd like to offer 3 reasons why teaching social studies (especially American history) is so important in today's classrooms. 1. The future of America is in your classrooms! If they don't understand and appreciate America from a young age, how will they grow up to be participating citizens in our country? 2. Patriotism is important! If you don't teach students to respect our flag, stand and put their hand over their heart when they say the Pledge of Allegiance and about our Founding Fathers who sacrificed to make our country free... who will? (Parents hopefully, but what about those sweet kids who don't have great role models at home? How will they learn?) 3. We can learn a great deal about character, hard work, and sacrifice by studying the various events and famous people in history. Studying people like George Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr. will help give our students role models that they can look up to. Studying events like the Civil War or World War II can teach them about sacrifice and how hate can make the world a sad place. Our students need these lessons to teach them important life-long skills that will make them stronger and kinder American citizens. As a 5th grade teacher, I used to joke that my main goal in teaching my students was to make sure they never ended up on a TV game show looking like a complete fool for not knowing basic US history facts. Knowing who discovered America, what day the Declaration of Independence was signed, which country we fought in the Revolution, and the name of our recent past presidents (among other things) were goals I made sure my students could know and remember. As elementary teachers, we owe it to the Jr. High and High School teachers to take a bigger responsibility in ensuring our students are ready to enter the real world upon graduation. I believe that instilling a great love for our country needs to begin at a young age so students grow up loving our wonderful country, respecting the land we live on, and turn out to be productive and caring citizens in the community. For those of you who are lacking in resources to teach American History, I wanted to show you something I've made that I think could be a great help to you! Over the course of six years, and while finding successful ways to teach American history to my students, I developed this set of American History Graphic Organizers. It contains 40 graphic organizers that will help you teach all of the important events in history including Native Americans, Early Explorers, the Revolutionary War, Westward Expansion, Civil War, World War I and II, Civil Rights, and everything else in between, including U.S. Government and elections. Here is a little peek at the 40 organizers I have available. (For a complete list of topics click here: bit.ly/AmericanHistoryGO) I tried to include everything you would need, so I have added the following resources to help make this product easy to use and implement in your classroom. THE PACK INCLUDES: A Note to the Teacher Teacher Instructions Teaching Tips Teaching Ideas A pacing guide sample 4 student book cover page options -2 color choices -2 black and white choices (to save ink!) Table of Contents 40 graphic organizers People have asked me in the past what I like to use to teach American History. Here is a little peek into what I use and how I use these graphic organizers with my students: •Picture books or chapter books on the topic. •Primary source documents. (For example, let students read a copy of the actual Declaration of Independence or use real maps from the time period.) •Fun and interesting websites (either whole class on a projector, in a computer lab, or using iPads). •Videos or short documentaries on the topic. •Find free PowerPoint presentations in a google search or look on TeachersPayTeachers. (If needed, you could make your own.) •Learning groups - Divide up the topics for a day, have each group become an expert on that topic, then have them present their research to the class. •Guest speaker – If you can, invite someone in to teach about a topic. (For example, a grandparent who served in the Vietnam or Korean War would add a lot to a lesson!) •Hands-on projects. For some lessons you can have a fun activity prepared. (For example, when I teach about slavery, I try to bring in raw cotton and have my students experience what it’s like to pull out all the burrs.) Love these ideas? I'd love for you to pin one of these images to your Pinterest boards!

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My coworker told me about this amazing activity she did with her students and I just HAD to try it (I always am looking for engaging, hands-on activities for my students). Anyways I tried it last year and absolutely LOVED it! I couldn't wait to use it this year and my students couldn't get enough. They would whine when we would have to end social studies for the day! So what is this amazing activity??? It is Civil War Easy Simulations by Scholastic. It is only $6 for the PDF version which I would recommend getting so you can just print off the worksheets, instead of copying them from a book. It allows the students to experience what it might have been like to be a soldier in the Civil War time period. First, students are put into groups and get into Infantry's for either the Union or Confederate side. Then, it has the students pick a character (former slave, farmer, aristocrat, etc) and each of these characters have certain traits they are better than others. Such as a farmer might have a high strength number, but low medical expertise. Next they have to decide what types of items they want to bring with them to war. They can only carry so much so they have to calculate the weight they can carry. Some of the items will help them through the journey. Then the teacher reads them scenarios and the students have to make choices of what they want to do. Are they going to send a scout to see what's going on, run, shoot, etc? I love to see the students working together and finding reasons of why they should or should not make certain decisions. Then throughout this simulation, they have to make spins on the spinner to determine if they got hit, made a proper defense, get an infection, etc. The thing I love most about this simulation is how they describe what camp life was like, battles that actually happened during the Civil War, they hear speeches from both the Union and Confederate sides, etc. They even have journal entries from actual soldiers of the Civil War which is where they get the ideas for the scenarios that happen. This is a 5-day simulation (start on Monday, end on Friday), and at the end of each day, the students write in their journal as if they were a soldier in that time. I have never seen such beautiful, and meaningful writing from my students then during this simulation. They learn to write from their point of view and use emotions and details of how they were feeling during this experience. I would highly recommend doing this with your class! I will warn you, though, the kids get VERY excited, which means it can be difficult to keep them quiet while you are trying to read directions and so on. Just be very clear with your expectations up front. To make this easier, I actually made a google slides to follow along. This way as you give instructions (such as make a spin), you don't have to repeat yourself and the students can just look at the slides to see what they need to do (this helped soooooo much!!!) I have attached the link so you can use it! Click Here for Civil War Simulations FREE Google Slides. I hope you and your students enjoy this as much as I did! Please leave a comment and tell me how your experience was! Also, there are many other simulations by Scholastic that might interest you more, if you try the simulation leave a comment and let me know how they were! Enjoy experience soldier life in 1862!

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Have you ever looked out into the faces of the your students to see blank stares, wondering eyes, fiddling fingers, or students snoring? I think it happens to all of us! Also, do your students want snack time right after they walk in the door? Do you find someone sneaking their snack or part of their lunch during class? How about this....do you get hungry throughout the day and want to sneak a snack? I know I do! Sooooooo.......here is some food for thought: Why not use food for motivation? I know your pocket can't afford to use food for every lesson, but maybe one a month? If you are in a district where parents are involved, get their help! I can honestly say that my students have come back to visit after several years and still remember those lessons with food! Here are some recipes for success in all subject areas: 1. EXPLORERS AND CHOCOLATE After a lesson on explorers and the value of a cocoa bean, we made our very own chocolate bars. Click for directions! How to Make a Chocolate Bar with Students Click to see a Chocolate History Webquest, a Chocolate Opinion Writing, and a Chocolate Grouping Freebie! 2. PARAGRAPH WRITING AND HAMBURGER CUPCAKES Of course since my passion is writing, I love serving hamburgers when teaching paragraph writing, but if you are a sweet freak, you will love the fact that Walmart sells hamburger cupcakes! No lie! I was just there today and you can get some loaded or unloaded (just ketchup and mustard icing) hamburger cupcakes. Here is a pic of a loaded hamburger. Free Hamburger Graphic Organizer Series of Blog Lessons on How to Write a Paragraph Paragraph Writing Resource 3. CHARACTER TRAITS AND SKITTLES Use skittles for a character traits lesson! Make sure you have extras to taste! Click for directions! Developing Characters in Narrative Writing 4. FRACTIONS AND SNACKS See Jennifer William's post on how she uses snacks to teach fractions! Fraction Fun with Snacks. I've also seen fractions done with Hershey Bars, Kit Kat Bars and Pizza! Make sure there are extras to taste! 5. CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD PROJECT AND INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR We like to do this after our Christmas Around the World project. I give my students extra credit for bringing in a food item from the countries they studied. I laugh every time because parents aren't shy to bring in things the kids won't touch with a ten-foot spoon! The parent volunteers and I will taste it though! Yum! Click for more info! International Food Fair Blogpost 6. CIVIL WAR AND HARDTACK When teaching Civil War, make some hardtack with your students! Just like any part of history or culture, when you make or serve food to enhance the lesson, students will remember! Their tummies will thank you too! How to Make Civil War Hard Tack 7. TAXES AND M&M'S 1. Appoint roles to three students (King of England, representative from Parliament, tax collector). Have them sit facing the rest of the class in the front of the room. 2. Give each student at their seats one snack pack of M&M's. Tell them they are not to eat the M&M's until the end of the activity. (Have an extra pack for each student) The M&M's represent money and they just got paid for their jobs. However, they need to put some aside for taxes! 3. Start naming off things that will be taxed (wearing shorts, necklace, hat, holding a pen, whatever). You can even tax more than one M&M for an item. This is when the students get fired up for losing their M&M's! 4. Together, count up all the M&M's collected for taxes. Then divide it- tax collector 10%, 50% representative from Parliament, 40% to the king. 5. Discuss feelings over losing money to these people! 6. Then pass out extra pack to eat! Wahhhlaaaaa! Fun eating and learning! 8. BOSTON TEA PARTY AND SWEET TEA! When studying the Boston Tea Party, don't forget to serve some tea! Of course I live in the south and that is what we drink here. You can always serve hot tea or unsweet tea! 9. MOON PHASES AND OREOS Genius right? I've seen this on Pinterest and Google. What a fun way to teach the moon phases! This picture is from Mr. Benson's Science Classroom. 10. ESTIMATING, MEASURING, COUNTING, GRAPHING AND PUMPKIN SEEDS My partner did this for many years. It is messy but loads of fun and educational! I googled it and found it on Scholastic- The Pumpkin Project 11- AUTHOR'S PURPOSE AND PIE Bake a pie with this awesome lesson! 12. BUNNICULA AND CHOCOLATE CAKE In the book, Bunnicula, Harold the scruffy dog loves chocolate cake. Why not make a chocolate cake and give everyone a piece? You will find food in most books so take advantage of it! Before you know it, every time you read a book, one of your students will ask if they could bring in a snack to represent it! 13. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND BANANAS WITH GRAHAM CRACKERS I'm really glad I don't have pictures for this one! Gross! I love how the authors of the lesson plans refer to the 'poo'. Ha! I haven't done this experiment with my own class, but Jenn from The Teacher Next Door told me about doing it in her class. I bet students will remember this one! I found an awesome Step-by-Step Lesson plan for you! Lesson Plan Link for Digestive System Science 14. MODEL 3-D SOLID SHAPES AND MARSHMALLOWS All you need are marshmallows and toothpicks! Students create cubes, prisms, and pyramids. See how large you can make them! Make sure to have extras for munching! 15. AREA/PERIMETER AND CHEEZ ITS In order, have students create squares, rectangles, and irregular polygons using Cheez Its. Require them to indicate the area and perimeter each time. Differentiate: Assign students (who are ready for a challenge) an area and perimeter and ask them to construct the mystery shape! Don't forget to give them extras to taste! Or...simply use food as a motivation to achieve a class goal! Reach an academic goal and get a taco party or reach a behavior goal and get an ice cream party or reach a fundraising goal for a pizza party! Yum! I think I am ready to go munch on something...maybe some chocolate for my sweet tooth? What is your recipe for success? Connect With Me! TPT Store Facebook Pinterest My Blog

This Civil War to Civil Rights: From Pea Ridge to Central High Lesson Plan is suitable for 4th - 12th Grade. Explore how the Civil War impacted the Civil Rights Movement. Class members complete a series of projects for a unit that uses a layered curriculum approach to learning. .

Learn about the Civil War with these free printables, including a Civil War word search, crossword puzzle, vocabulary words, and coloring pages.

What Is The Civil War In Syria? In this project, students will discuss the events of the Civil War in Syria and analyze the key ideas surrounding the issue. They will research these events and write a short essay on their findings. They will explore such things as: How this war functions as a war of proxy in addition to an internal struggle. The various factions within the country. They will hypothesize the ultimate outcome of this conflict. This project is designed to have a structure compatible with implementing PBL in the classroom. NextLesson projects include certain key components that facilitate an authentic PBL experience. There are handouts and a reflection included in this lesson. This curriculum activity was written by Bridges of Understanding, a not-for-profit, nonpolitical organization dedicated to fostering a personal understanding between the American people and people of the Arab World.

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Take a Look Inside this Lap Book. Download Now We have covered the studying of the Civil War some time ago. It is time we went back and review a few things. As my son gets older we add more new info about each historical event. Why Lap Books? What better way than a lap book to store all of the new things we learned? Lap Books are very handy and store a whole unit in just a few card stocks and 1 manila folder. It is another way to get your kids hands on to review what they have read. They have to narrow the important facts of their reading to complete the lap book. It is like reading and highlighting things to remember. This helps them with memorization. More on this Lap Book I have created this lap book based on the Book An American Journey 2004 edition. It is an old edition I purchased used but it has a lot of information I found very useful. In this Lap Book you will be getting ......... No lesson plan. Only instructions on how to put the lap book together. You will need to word and teach your class using a text book that covers the following parts of the Civil War. Topics inside the Lap Book Title Page Timeline (blank for you to fill in the blanks) Vocabulary words (blank and written) Facts about the civil war Life during the civil war The Road to the Civil War ( Slavery and the West, Dred Scott/ Douglass Debate, Acts of 1850-1854, Election 1860) Civil War Archives (actual photos of the civil war) Women of the Civil War ( Clara Barton, Rose O'neal, Frances Clayton) 3 extra newspaper sheets on the prominent battles of the civil war. Slavery during the civil war (photos and a booklet for your kids to write facts to remember) Eli Whitey The Cotton Gin Machine and its impact during the civil war Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Eat like a Soldier (your kids will research and look for recipe for Hardtack, Johnny Cake and Corn Bread) Musicians of the Civil War ( Buglers and Drummer Boys, photos included as well) Flags used during the civil war Union Soldier (booklet) Confederate Soldier (booklet) Periscopes Samuel Morse and the Telegraph with the Morse Code example in it Ships of the Civil war ( Monitor, Virginia, Paddle Wheeler) Emancipation Proclamation Aftermath and Reconstruction (photos and booklet for you kids to add more info) African Americans during the civil war (photos and newspaper cutting) Famous Quotes of the Civil War Important People of the Civil War (Abe Lincoln, Ulysses S Grant, Rober E Lee and Jefferson Davis) More Photos of our Lap Book Inside Look More Photos and Activity Pictures.

I took a block of the month class at a quilt shop called Quilts Etc. We made blocks from the Underground Railroad quilt. Secret messages in the form of quilt patterns aided slaves escaping the bonds of captivity in the southern states before and during the American Civil War. Slaves could not read or write, it was illegal to teach a slave to do so. Codes, therefore, were part and parcel of the slaves' existence and their route to freedom, which eventually became known as the Underground Railroad. This was a really fun block of the month class. The first month you bought your kit for $5 plus tax. If you came to class the next month with your block completed, you would get that month's kit free. Otherwise, you would buy the block and pattern and fabric for $5. The class lasted a year. It wasn't a sewing class, but an informative class. The instructor would give some history and explanation about each block and visually demonstrate how the block went together. Towards the end of the 12 months, you had to decide how you wanted your blocks to go together in your quilt. That was the fun part, designing your quilt! It was so much fun every month because everyone (about 30 or more) would share the projects they had finished. I better not forget to tell you that it is so much better to go to this class with a friend. I loved sharing the class with Nanette, my friend who taught me how to quilt ♥ Here is my completed Underground Railroad quilt: The fabric for the blocks was provided in the kit, but the sashing and extra fabric to put the quilt together would need to be purchased. Each finished block is 12". Block names are (top left) Bear Paw, (top right) Safe Passage, (bottom left) Crossroads, (bottom right) Guiding Light or North Star. (top right) Bow Tie or Broken Dishes (bottom right) Log Cabin. If the center of the Log Cabin block is yellow, that means there is a light in the window, it is a safe home, warmth, someone is waiting for you. If the center of the Log Cabin is black, that means it is a safe home in the Underground Railroad code. If the center of the Log Cabin is red, that means it is the hearth or heart of the home. (top left) Carpenter's Wheel, (top right) Flying Geese, (bottom left) Basket, (bottom right) Wagon Wheel. (top left) Shoofly, (bottom left) Monkey Wrench. I put two extra blocks in the corners because there wasn't enough room in the quilt. The name of this block is Birds in the Air. The name of this block is Drunkard's Path. Here is the quilt label that I bought at the quilt shop. It tells the story of the Underground Railroad. All of the fabric used in the quilt is Civil War reproduction. I hope you have enjoyed my journey of this quilt as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you!

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Incorporate authentic learning into your classroom by having your students complete this project as you teach about the Civil War. The project is organized around the question: How can you plan a field trip that helps students learn about the Civil War in a way that is exciting and engaging? Students will brainstorm different types of locations they could visit to learn more about the Civil War. They will then plan engaging activities that students could do on a field trip and advertise their field trip to teachers. They will not only practice social studies content, but also persuasive and descriptive language. Throughout the learning process, their projects will help drive your instruction. There are also opportunities throughout for teaching social skills and 21st century skills through different types of sharing, giving and receiving feedback, and being flexible with plans. This project can easily be differentiated for your classroom needs. It can be assigned as an enrichment project for early finishers/advanced learners or as a whole class project. The project includes: - Step by step teaching notes and teaching suggestions - Central Question - Field Trip Brainstorm: Important People - Field Trip Brainstorm: Differences between North and South - Field Trip Brainstorm: Underground Railroad and Slavery - Field Trip Brainstorm: Important Battles - Field Trip Plan - Field Trip Timeline - Peer-Assessment Checklist - Self-Assessment Checklist - Rubric If you teach in Virginia, use my Civil War interactive notebook to teach key content along with this PBL. Civil War Virginia Studies Interactive Notebook Save time and money by purchasing this project as part of a BUNDLE! US History Social Studies Project PBL Mega BUNDLE Virginia Studies Project PBL Mega BUNDLE Check out my other Projects: Founding Fathers Job Application Project PBL Founding Fathers Job Application Virginia Studies Project PBL Revolutionary War Media Message Project PBL Colonial Life Real Estate Project PBL Colonial Virginia Real Estate Project PBL Jamestown Settlers and Powhatan Indians Archaeology Virginia Studies Project Native Americans and European Settlers Interactions Archaeology Project Classroom Library Organization Project- A Beginning of the Year PBL Graphing Our Class Time Capsule Project Classroom Arrangement PBL for Math and Language Arts ABC Book Review Project Summer Reading Book Talk Project Game On Math Game PBL Tips for Next Year Brochure End of Year Project Civil Rights and Integration PBL

The Civil War was a time of upheaval for the United States. From 1860 through 1865 different facets of the war affected everyone, and soldiers on both sides dealt with hunger and had little means to care for themselves. Families lost loved ones, and many died in a fight for their beliefs. Students in elementary grades ...

This Civil War Newspaper Lesson Plan is suitable for 8th Grade. One photograph can represent so much more than the images on the film. Eighth graders select a photograph from the Civil War era and conduct additional research based on the subject matter from the picture.

Are you teaching the Civil War? This Civil War timeline is in chronological order that summarizes 33 events that will help you organize your lessons! Events Leading Up to War 1828- Tariffs: The south refused to pay the taxes that were placed on imports. The north didn’t need as