The Civil War had a profound effect on American history. Your students will acquire an understanding of this period of U.S. history as they complete the many engaging and informative projects in History Pockets--The American Civil War.
Students become actively engaged in learning about this important part of history while they create portfolios for assessment and display.
The teacher pages feature step-by-step project directions and photographs of the completed projects. Students store their projects in easy-to-make construction paper pockets.
Each of the pockets contains:
a reproducible pocket label dictionary words and pictures a fact sheet of background information for the teacher a reproducible students information booklet complete with illustrations arts and crafts projects a timeline and maps reading and writing activitiesEvaluation forms are provided at the end of the book to give students a chance to reflect on all they have learned.
The topics presented are:
Introduction to the American Civil War Slavery in America Leaders of the War Major Battles A Soldier's Life Women During the War War TechnologyThis resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.
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