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The Civil War ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Civil War W elcome! Travel with us to a time when the United States was almost divided in two and brother fought against brother. By choosing this study, you are about to offer your child a hands-on look at this amazing history! Our history studies are focused on capturing the child’s attention with short, concise reading lessons and several hands-on projects that will drive each lesson home in a creative way. The “twaddle-free” projects are designed to encourage penmanship, vocabulary, creative writing and composition, critical thinking, and imagination. With over forty Lap BookTM, notebook, and cooking projects—as well as games and other activities—you have a wide variety of choices to capture your child’s interest! Each lesson includes fact-filled, engaging text, created to be all you need for a compact assignment. Should you or your child wish to expound on a subject, a variety of books, videos, and further avenues of research are available in the “Additional Resources” section. This study can also act as an excellent accompaniment to any American history program. You will want to print out all the Teacher Helps beforehand and brief yourself on the lessons and supplies needed. A one-page Lesson Plan Schedule is offered for ease of seeing at a glance what’s coming in each lesson, allowing you to prepare ahead of time. You will want to preview the Project Pages in advance to help you with gathering the materials for the projects you choose to do. Most of the supplies are household items you will have around the house. There will be a few items that you will need to track down before the lesson. The Tips to Consider Before Starting sheets have a list of general materials to have on hand. We have provided you with many attractive masters to create the majority of the projects. Detailed instructions, illustrations, and photos are furnished for the projects. Many include penmanship options, however some also offer text to save on time when necessary. If you use the provided text, encourage the child regularly to read it aloud. Some projects require the child to exercise research skills to provide information. Several days have more than one project listed. This allows you or your child to choose what you would prefer to do. It is advisable that if you begin with a project that has a series of steps to it, you will want to follow through to the end (e.g., Lap BookTM or The Camp Kettle newspaper). These particular overall projects take a bit longer to complete, however they result in pieces that your child will be very proud of. Sprinkled throughout the lessons are Project Days. These days are designed to allow extra time to work on projects that were not completed on previous days. If your child is a quick student and gets the projects completed in a day, feel free to choose another project that he or she passed up from earlier lessons. Try to keep a balance in your choice of projects so that different areas are utilized, such as 3-D projects, language related activities, or a form of creative writing. These Project Days also offer an opportunity for review each week. Although the lessons are numbered, it does not mean that you have to stick to one day per lesson. Feel free to stretch them out as needed! In turn, you may find that you do not need to utilize every Project Day. The schedule is there to help you, however you should not feel constrained to meet it. Make it fit your needs! If you have a camera available, remember to take pictures of the children working on the projects as you go! You may wish to create a notebook page of photos, helping create a portfolio of your study together. Try to culminate the unit with a celebration! When you end it with a bang, it brings completion and satisfaction to both you and your child! We have suggestions for making the best of your last lesson! And now, as cannon smoke billows across the open fields and the sun glints on the bayonets, as flags of the Union and Confederation wave proudly in the wind, let us heed the call of the trumpet blast and “Charge!” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Civil War- Introduction ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Acknowledgements: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Home School in the Woods would like to acknowledge the following sources for some art and reference images: © 2008 www.arttoday.com, Dover Publications Selected photo courtesy of The Library of Congress: Robert E. Lee (cwpb.04402) Selected photo courtesy of nps.gov: Frederick Douglass (FRDO 3912) Home School in the Woods would like to acknowledge Tobin’s Lab for permission for the use of the term Lap BookTM, a trademarked term from Tobin’s Lab, Inc. www.tobinslab.com. Home School in the Woods would like to acknowledge the following: - Alan Farley: Re-enactor’s Missions for Jesus Christ www.rmjc.org Permission to reproduce our materials is granted only for individual immediate family use. Reproduction for commercial use, an entire class, a school, or school system is strictly prohibited. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic or mechanical, including duplicating, photocopying, information or retrieval systems, the World Wide Web, or e-mail - without written permission from the author. Not for redistribution. For permission to reproduce this material or use for any other purpose, or school/co-op licensing fees, please contact Home School in the Woods. All design and several illustrations by Amy Pak Text lessons researched and written by Jaron Pak © 2009 Amy Pak • Home School in the Woods Publishing, Amy Pak Publishing, Inc. Printed in the United States of America Home School in the Woods 3997 Roosevelt Highway • Holley, NY 14470 http://homeschoolinthewoods.com • [email protected] Bibliography: Battles of the Civil War, National Geographic Maps, National Geographic Society, Washington D.C., March 2005 Billings, John D., Hardtack & Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life, University of Nebraska Press, 1993 Catton, Bruce, Never Call Retreat, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965 Catton, Bruce, This Hallowed Ground, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962 Flato, Charles, The Golden Book of the Civil War, Golden Press, 1961 Gutman Nathan, Adele, Lincoln’s America, Grosset & Dunlap, 1961 Denney, Robert E., The Civil War Years A Day-by-Day Chronicle, Gramercy Books, 1998 Athearn, Robert G., History of the United States Volume 8 The Civil War, Choice Publishing, Inc., 1988 Kent, Zachary, Cornerstones of Freedom The Story of the Surrender at Appomattox Court House, Childrens Press, 1987 Kent, Zachary, Cornerstones of Freedom The Battle of Chancellorsville, Childrens Press, 1994 Kent, Zachary, Cornerstones of Freedom The Battle of Antietam, Childrens Press, 1992 Kent, Zachary, Cornerstones of Freedom The Story of John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry, Childrens Press, 1988 Levine, Ellen, If You Traveled On The Underground Railroad, Scholastic Inc., 1988 Davis, William C., Brother Against Brother The War Begins, Time-Life Books, 1983 Davis, William C., First Blood Fort Sumter to Bull Run, Time-Life Books, 1983 The Editors of Time-Life Books, Echoes of Glory Illustrated Atlas of the Civil War, Time-Life Books, 1998 Hakim, Joy, A History of Us: War, Terrible War 1860-1865 Book 6, Oxford University Press, 1999 Hakim, Joy, A History of Us: Reconstruction and Reform 1865-1896 Book 7, Oxford University Press, 1999π Adams, Charles, When in the Course of Human Events: Arguing the Case for Southern Secession, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005 Bonds, Ray, The Illustrated Directory of Weapons, Uniforms and Equipment of the Civil War, Salamander Books Ltd, 2001 Haythornthwaite, Philip, Uniforms of the Civil War, Sterling Publishing Co, Inc., 1990 Katcher, Philip, American Civil War Armies (I): Confederate Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry, Osprey Publishing London, 1986 Katcher, Philip, American Civil War Armies (2): Union Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry, Osprey Publishing London, 1986 Smith, Rev. Edward P., Incidents of the U. S. Christian Commission, RJMC Publications, 2003 (Originally published in 1869) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Civil War- Acknowledgements & Bibliography-a ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Bibliography (cont’d) Websites used to aid in research: http://www.civilwarhome.com/cwrank.htm http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/ http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blchartsecession.htm http://blueandgraytrail.com/event/Battle_of_New_Orleans http://www.american.edu/TED/slave.htm http://www.us-civilwar.com/54th.htm http://www.geocities.com/1stdragoon/files/rgs_darien.html http://www.pbs.org.html http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/part4.html http://www.civilwarhome.com.htm http://www.nps.gov/seac/histback.htm http://www.19thalabama.org/cwfacts.html http://www.phil.muni.cz/~vndrzl/amstudies/civilwar_stats.htm http://www.mrburnett.net/civilwar.html http://scard.buffnet.net/ http://www.members.tripod.com/~howardlanham/linkgr3/link151.html We, the publishers, have made every effort to locate and credit the copyright holders of material researched for this history study. We regret any errors or omissions. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Civil War- Acknowledgements & Bibliography-b KEY: (LB) - To be included in (NB) - To be included in TM Lap Book Notebook LESSON PLAN SCHEDULE The Civil War LESSON 1 LESSON 2 LESSON 3 LESSON 4 LESSON 5 Slavery in America Pt. 1 Slavery in America Pt. 2 Advancing Towards an Abrupt Stop Fort Sumter & the Union Blockade PROJECT DAY! - Begin “Map of Civil War Battles” (NB) - Map of the Underground Railroad (NB) - “The Liberator” (LB) - Causes for Conflict (LB) - Projects Days are designated for - Add to Map: Slave & Free States (NB) - Begin Timeline (NB) - Map: Slave & Free States (NB) completion of unfinished - Penmanship: Words Remembered (NB) - Ft. Sumter: The First Conflict (LB) projects and review of previous - Pivotal Papers: (NB) - Begin “The Camp Kettle” Newspaper - Add to “The Camp Kettle” Newspaper - Penmanship: Words Remembered (NB) lessons with new projects.
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