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Civil
War Unit Resources
Index:![](clipart/Civil-War1.jpg)
General Information
Photos & Illustrations
Lesson Plans & Unit Studies
Music & Art of the Period
Crafts, Recipes,
Games,
& Hands-on Activities
Worksheets,
Coloring Pages, & Quizzes
Books to Read
Videos to Watch
General
Information:
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Photos & Illustrations:![](clipart/Civil War3.jpg)
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Lesson
Plans & Unit
Studies
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Music & Art
of the Period:![](Amazon clip/civil war clip/theeHannah.jpg)
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Crafts,
Recipes, Games,
& Hands-on Activities:
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Worksheets,
Coloring Pages, & Quizzes
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Books to Read:
Abe
Lincoln Goes to Washington ,
1837-1865, by Cheryl Harness. illus. 3-8+
- Abraham
Lincoln (Heroes of History),
by Janet Benge, 218 pgs., Read aloud for all ages.
- Abraham
Lincoln’s World. by Genevieve
Foster, 3+
- America
in the Time of Abraham Lincoln
,
1815-1869, by Sally Isaacs, nicely illustrated, 3+
- The Boys' War
: Confederate and Union
Soldiers Talk About the Civil War (Scholastic)
- Clara
Barton (Heroes of History) by
Janet Benge. 4th+
- The
Drinking Gourd
(An
I Can Read Book) by F. N. Monjo.
- Escape from Slavery
, The Boyhood of
Frederick Douglass in His Own Words by Michael McCurdy.
4-12
- Fields of Fury
: The American Civil War
by James McPherson. (ISBN 0689848331), Exellent, use
for basis of unit study. 96 pgs, color illus, 3rd+
- Just
a Few Words, Mr Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg
Address by Jean Fritz. K-6
- The Gettysburg Address
by Abraham Lincoln,
Illustrated by Michael McCurdy. B/W illus. Excellent.
K-12
- Harriet
Tubman (Heroes of History),
by Janet Benge, 218 pgs. , All ages.
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- Hitty's Travels: Civil War Days
by Ellen Weiss. Easy Reader, 2002,
K-3rd+
- If
You Lived at the Time of the Civil War by Kay Moore,
2-6+
- If
You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by
Ellen Levine, 2-6+
- In Their Own Words: Abraham Lincoln
by George Sullivan. 128 pgs, illus, 4-8+
- In
Their Own Words: Harriet Tubman
by
George Sullivan. 128 pgs, illus, 4-8+
- Listen
for the Whippoorwil, by Harriet
Tubman. 4th+
- Meet
Abraham Lincoln
.
by Patricia Pingry, K-3+
- Ulysses
S. Grant
by
Mike Venezia. 3-8+
- The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen
Crane. 7th+
- Robert
E. Lee, Young Confederate, Childhood of Famous
Americans series, 2+
- Stephen
Douglas, Champion of the Union
by Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. 4-12
- The
Story of the Surrender of Appomattox Courthouse
(Cornerstones of Freedom), Out of Print, Buy used while
they last!
- Thee,
Hannah!
by
Marguerite de Angeli. 98 pgs. Nine-year-old Hannah,
a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil
War, longs to have some fashionable dresses like other
girls but comes to appreciate her heritage and its
plain dressing when her family saves the life of a
runaway slave. (Fiction) 1-6+
- Uncle
Tom’s Cabin-Young Folks
Edition by Harriet B. Stowe, Free download, all ages.
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- The
Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin
by
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 6th+
- The Underground Railroad
by Carla Williams.
illus. 4-8+
- Welcome to Addy's World, 1864
:
Growing up During America’s Civil War, all ages,
American Girls, 4-8
- With
Lee in Virginia
by
G. A. Henty
- Secrets
of a Civil War Submarine
by
Sally Walker. 5th+
- Your
Travel Guide to Civil War America
by Nancy Day. Excellent. K-4+
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Videos to Watch :
- Harriet
Tubman
Animated
Hero Classics. A few left at used prices or borrow at
your library, if available.
- Red
Runs the River. Showforth videos. Stonewall Jackson's
faith shows that surrender to
God brings the only true victory. 90 minutes
- Winslow
Homer: America's Original. Devine Entertainment. Discouraged
by the horrors he witnessed during the Civil War, Homer
abandons his post and heads to the quiet of Houghton Farm
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