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Tag: Civil War
Underground Railroad Picture books
It always amuses me when our lessons overlap. What can turn into a history lesson, often starts out as a geography lesson. Basically, I’m looking for a book happening in a particular state and I end up finding a book happening in that state, that gives you an idea of what that state is like…
Civil War Unit study
The American Civil War is a turning point in history. Not just for Americans, it was the start of modern warfare, and dignitaries from Europe came to observe the American war. That of course means it’s a vitally important war to discuss with your kids, so of course you need to makes sure you have…
Civil War american history timeline
This year we are studying Texas History, and I’ve been eagerly looking forward to covering the Civil War from a Texas perspective AND to integrate Texas History with American history. I’ve found a great product that is helping create our Civil War American history timeline, and integrating easily with our Texas history lessons. This is…
Civil War picture books
When I was in college I took a children’s literature class. One of the assignments was to read books from all different genres. One of the assigned genres was historical books. I distinctly remember reading Pink and Say (one of the books I’m gonna mention in a few lines). I remember crying at one part,…
US history: Civil War nursing
Did you know that prior to the Civil War nurses were unheard of? It’s true, sadly many things came about because of the Civil War, it was the first modern war. But, we wanted to concentrate on a positive thing first. Before talking about things like trench warfare or the military things. So, nursing. …