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A student reader shares information about the history of slavery, the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, women's contributions to the war, the Emancipation Proclamation, and reconstruction.
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CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
civil war, the united states civil war, slavery, slave culture, the missouri compromise of 1850, abraham lincoln, wars, the emancipation proclamation, the confederacy, north and south, reconstruction, the reconstruction era, abolitionists, the abolitionist movement, the underground railroad, harriet tubman, frederick douglass, harriet beecher stowe, the kansas-nebraska act, jefferson davis, fort sumter, battle of bull run, robert e. lee, ulysses s. grant, soldiers, the 54th regiment, clara barton, the battle of gettysburg, the gettysburg address, john wilkes booth, sharecropping, black codes, the thirteenth amendment, the fourteenth amendment, andrew johnson, jim crow laws, the ku klux klan, the fifteenth amendment
Instructional Ideas
- Read the text as a class, independently, or in small groups
- Conduct grand conversations following readings
Classroom Considerations
- The 22nd resource in a series of 26; the corresponding Teacher Guide can be found in resource 21
- The reader's unit is designed for fifth graders; however, the student reader can be used by other grades
Pros
- The reader offers engaging images and ample detail
Cons
- None