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Quick Activities and Games
Quia- Abraham Lincoln Test your knowledge about the early life of Abraham Lincoln
How Did Civil War Soldiers Battle Boredom? Click the link below to learn how the soldiers during the Civil War battled boredom. Then create a VENN diagram comparing how you combat bordom and how they did.
Lincoln's Letter Shows Human Side of War Read the article and write your answer to the discussion question at the bottom of the page
Black Civil War Soldiers Honored Read the article and write your answer to the discussion question at the bottom of the page |
Lessons- Internet
Underground Railroad Online Simulation Introduction: You are a slave. Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never tasted freedom. You never expect to. And yet . . . your soul lights up when you hear whispers of attempted escape. Freedom means a hard, dangerous trek. Do you try it?
Battle of Gettysburg Learn all about the Battle of Gettysburg
The Civil War... Reading Lessons: Reading lessons on the Civil War are followed up with student activities on the literature selections. Each topic (slavery, rebellion, abolitionists, Lincoln, etc.)has its own resources, and most are accompanied by a quiz.
ThinkQuest Junior w/ activities and links
Civil War Thinkquest |
Lessons- Technology
Spreadsheet- Students collect statistical information about 5 different battles of the Civil War. Then, using a spreadsheet program, they will chart the information.
Word Processing- Students use this link to learn about Civil War slang and to read example diary entries. Then, using a word processing program, they will write a one week diary pretending that they are a soldier in the Civil War writing home using some Civil War Slang words.
Spreadsheet- Students use the provided link to collect information on the deaths in each state during the Civil War. Students can answer the questions on the worksheets, then pick a state and (using a spreadsheet program) graph the losses.
Inspiration Flow Chart- Students use Inspiration to create a cause and effect flow chart for the Civil War |
Internet Resources- Teacher
The Civil War for Kids -A great site created by a 5th grade teacher in New York. There are ideas for creating a Civil War timeline using Kid Pix, bar graphs with a spreadsheet program, charting the battle victories with a table in word processing, mapping (can be done with Kid Pix), and creating web pages with short biographies of Civil War leaders.
Civil War Worksheet- Word Document
Women of the Civil War Hyperstudio:
A Collection of Civil War Resources |
Internet Resources- Student
Biographical Information and Battle Summaries
Home of the American Civil War: Information on the battles, people, and even the medicine of the Civil War.
American Memory- Timeline of the Civil War
The American Civil War Homepage A wide variety of resources including biographical information, battles and campaigns, state/local studies, and images
The Civil War Good timeline and short summaries of the battles
Images
American Memory- Civil War Pictures
The History Place -timeline of the Civil War with some pictures |
