Description

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 activities

Evaluation 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 Technology

This 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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