The Civil War

Grade Level:

8

Subject:

Language Arts

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Students will learn how the Civil War effected the United States of America.
Students will learn the role California had in the Civil War.
Students will experience the Civil War via a field trip to the Civil War Revisited reenactment; held at Fresno's Kearney Park annually in October.
Students will discover what role women played in the Civil War with the help of a guest speaker, actor.
Students will use literature to help expand their knowledge of the Civil War.
Students will use technology to learn research techniques as they gather information for an informational essay on a selected person from that period.

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