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Lesson Plans & Activities

Core Knowledge - American Civil War Units

Crossroads - Elementary, Middle, High School Levels

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Free Presentations in PowerPoint format 

Slavery Unit

How did slavery impact our nation (unit) 

War Between the States (unit)

Civil War Adventures (lesson)

A View From Me (Civil War Stories, Mississippi teachers)

Calendar Creations about the Civil War (lesson)

Death and the Civil War (science lesson)

Primary Documents, Civil War (Donn)

Role Playing the American Civil War 

 Mock Trial: Abraham Lincoln

  Civil War Literature  

Civil War (reading lessons, activities, quiz, school site)

Civil War: Continuity or Change? Reading Slave Codes, Jim Crow Law, Reconstruction

Reconstruction: A Time of Turbulence UNIT (5)

Problems of African Americans in the South
using pamphlets and other materials (online), most of which
were written by African American authors about pressing issues of the day.


Mr. Donn's Lesson Idea
 Problem Solving (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.

American Civil War Songs

Civil War (Awesome Library, links) 

Slavery 1840 through 1960


For Kids

Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad

Evaluating Evidence - Causes of the Civil War

The Hallowed Ground

Map of the Civil War

The Civil War for 5th graders  

The Gettysburg Address

Civil War Ends - A Child's Diary (primary document)

Eyewitness to History

Civil War Timeline

Gettysburg

Timeline Abraham Lincoln

Life of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln for Primary Kids





Plus ...

Free American History Presentations in PowerPoint format

Free Video Clips

Free American History Games

 Free Clip Art








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