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Civil War on Sunday Lesson PlanCivil War on Sunday Lesson Plan
Publisher
Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program
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Grade
2nd - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
21 days
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Civil War on Sunday

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Reading Mary Pope Osborne's Civil War on Sunday? Here's a packet crammed with activities, exercises, reading guides, and project suggestions. A must-have for your curriculum library.

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social studies

Classroom Considerations

  • Designed to accompany a reading of the 21st book in Mary Pope Osborne's The Magic Tree House series of children's books
  • Readers need not be familiar with the other books in the series

Pros

  • The chapter-by-chapter reading guide includes vocabulary lists, reading response questions, a project menu, and a series of activities
  • The plans are richly detailed
  • Parents are invited to the wax museum presentation in which class members assume the role of a witness to the Civil War

Cons

  • None

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