Civil War Thematic Unit Civil War Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Charley Skedaddle, Behind Rebel Lines. This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas, creative suggestions for the classroom, and a bibliography.

"The South asks for justice, simple justice, and less she ought not take it."  John Calhoun

"No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union." Abraham Lincoln

The American Civil War in Missouri

Battles

Lesson Plan Ideas on The Civil War

Internet Resources

  Books on the Civil War

Read-Aloud Plays: Civil War

American Civil War Lesson Plans/American Civil War Thematic Units

American Civil War This unit covers the period of time leading up to the Civil War, the war itself, and the implementation of segregation after Reconstruction.

The Civil War The following lesson plan for an upper elementary unit on the Civil War contains links to other Internet sites that can provide valuable cross-curricular materials for you and your students. 

Civil War Paintings and Photographs  Purpose: To explore how photography changed our image of war.

The Civil War: A Divided State A play

Lesson Plan: The Civil War The following lesson plan for an upper elementary unit on the Civil War contains links to other Internet sites that can provide valuable cross-curricular materials for you and your students.

Literature of the U.S. Civil War This literature unit, Literature of the U.S. Civil War, is designed to help fourth and fifth grade students to gain a greater appreciation for literature through reading novels that integrate with the social studies curriculum

A Nation Divided  After completing this webquest, you will be able to describe what it was like to be a Confederate or Union soldier.

Role Playing the Civil War The purpose of this unit is to provide a frame for the students to use in evaluating both points of view in the Civil War.

Project: Create an Abolitionist Poster Explore primary-source publications dealing with abolition. Create a poster in the style of abolitionist publications 

Project: Write a Letter to a Civil War Soldier  Students will write a letter to the soldier of the Civil War.

American Civil War Internet Resources

The Civil War Home Page Fantastic site!  Probably the best on the net. Battles, maps, regiments, reenactments, letters, quotes, sounds...they have it all.  Don't miss this one!!

Civil War Image Map - a map that allows you to pick on state of interest and it displays the battles for that state.  Go check it out!!

The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection, Library of Congress.
Contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men.

Civil War Poetry and Music
Beyond the facts and figures of the Civil War this site is devoted to the thoughts and emotions of the men who fought in the War.

Gettysburg - Unofficial Visitor's Guide
An excellent site devoted to Gettysburg including activities, places to visit, images of the battlefield, National Park Service information, Gettysburg related diaries and much more.