Activities

= Activities = = = [|Civil War Lesson Plans and Activities] Education World presents more than a dozen lessons for teaching about the civil War. Lessons include developing a time line of key events, Civil War Recipes, everyday life during the war, using Civil War photos to tell a story, the cost of the war, drafts of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Civil War Slang, Lincoln's assassination, Civil War flags, and songs of the Civil War.

[|American History with Mr. Donn] The site contains links to more than two dozen lesson plans, complete units, and activities as well as PowerPoint presentations, webquests, and clip art.

[|Presenting the Civil War with PowerPoint] This site includes some great details on assigning a group Powerpoint presentation. Can be used with any Civil War topic.

[|Reconstruction Webquest] This is a webquest on Reconstruction. It includes an introduction, a task, a list of online resources, and advice for students who are completing the process. There is also on online test!

[|Civil War Trivia] This is a collection of various websites for students to collect trivia about the Civil War. This would be a great extra-credit type of activity for those students who are working ahead, need a bit more understanding, or just have a fascination with this subject.

[|Trackstar] Want to create your own online activity but are not sure how? Trackstar is the place for you. Simply collect Web sites, enter them into TrackStar, add annotations for your students, and you have an interactive, online lesson called a Track. Create your own Track or use one of the hundreds of thousands already made by other educators. Search the database by subject, grade, or theme and standard for a quick and easy activity.