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The Civil War, War Between the States,
 War of Northern Aggression




Lesson Plans & Activities

Primary Documents, Opening Lesson, Civil War (Donn)

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)

Crossroads - Elementary, Middle, High School Levels

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)

Role Playing the American Civil War 

Abraham Lincoln  Mock Trial: Abraham Lincoln Assassination

  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.

Civil War and Reconstruction Webquests

American Civil War Songs

Civil War (Awesome Library, links) 

Slavery 1840 through 1960


For Kids

Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad

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

Free Presentations in PowerPoint format for American History

Free Video Clips for American History

 Free Clip Art







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