Civil War Days: Discover the Past with Exciting Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes

by David C. King and Cheryl Kirk Noll

Book Overview

American Kids in History?(TM) Dozens of projects and activities that will take you back to the days of the American Civil War Travel back to 1862 and spend a year with the Wheelers, an African American family in New York City, and the Parkhursts, a white family in Charleston, South Carolina, Eleven-year-old Emily Parkhurst and twelve-year-old Timothy Wheeler are eager to share the fun, adventure, and hard work of their daily lives. Along the way,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471246123
• ISBN13: 9780471246121
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Teachers----Buy This Book!

Are you looking to enhance your students' understanding of life during the Civil War? If you want students to appreciate the daily drudgery and simplicity of this era, King offers numerous projects that are historically accurate and developmentally appropriate for the gifted to special needs students.Besides offering unique insights into American's daily lives, historical perspective is also addressed. In addition to providing readers a bibliography and index, a glossary is included for readers.Students of American history will delight in creating and designing hands-on activites.