Road Map to Using TM

Teacher: This is a friendly,

simple, easy approach to using

The Student’s Civil War

materials to teach as little, or as

much, as you wish—in any

timeframe convenient for you!

Suitable for grades 4-8.

Get Prepared!Start with the

Teacher's Guide for

Lesson Plans and

other tools to help

you help students

effectively navigate

through the Student

Workbook.

Set the Scene!

Read

“The

Civil

War

in a

Nutshell” to

give students a quick,

dramatic, entertaining

overview of the war.

Have your students read aloud each

day the real words of the war's many

participants.

Put up your

Bulletin Board and

Timeline to start

what will become

a dramatic

Resource Center!

Before the War…Help students learn all that led to the war.

Read about the Underground

Railroad.

Explore how geography

made all the difference in

the war!

Use quiz after Chapter 4 to review

pre-war events.

War Begins!Go to

www.thestudentscivilwar.com

to hear the “rebel yell”!

It’sWAR!!!

Discuss the

first shots

fired at Fort

Sumter!

Read The Mystery at Fort

Sumter—learn all about

the fort.

Use the many maps to

help students see where the war’s

battles took place, and why!

More than 20 activities help

students build a classroom

cyclorama, sing authentic Civil War

songs, make real hardtack,

and more!

Sing the North’s

anthem, “The

Battle Hymn of

the Republic”!

Students will learn the war leaders’

strengths, weaknesses, and strategies!

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Witness

the first major battle

of the war and all

that it led to!

Read a

trivia fact each day

for enriching additional history

of the war.

Discuss naval strategy: Battle of the

Ironclads and Scott’s Great Snake!

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Introduce Civil

War facts with a

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Discuss

the advantages the North had

over the South in Chapter 5.

From Carole Marsh

Individual

Student

Workbooks

allow each

child to

engage with the history,

geography, and people of the

war—and enjoy doing so!

Learn about the

amazing story of

slaves, non-slaves, and

those who helped or

hindered them during

the war!

Students will learn the true

facts, and then draw their

own conclusions!

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Make hardtack and

Johnnycakes!

Sing the South’s

anthem, “Dixie”!

Read about the “Bloodiest Day of the Civil

War” at Antietam.Cheer for the

Emancipation

Proclamation!

Learn about the turning point of

the war—the Battle of

Gettysburg.

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This road map was designed with products from The Student’s Civil War Curriculum Deluxe Set.

For assistance, go to www.gallopade.com, www.thestudentscivilwar.com, or call 800-536-2438.Once you complete your Civil War studies,

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we can post them on our website!

Make berry

ink and

write letters

home with it!

Cut out

General

Collectible

Cards.

Invent a

game!

Review Civil War events! Continue to

build your Civil War Resource Center!

Watch the movie

“Glory”—about the

first black regiment!

Create a play

with dialogue

from the WHO book!

Experience the Confederate

victory at Chickamauga.

Build a

soldier’s tent!

Read an excerpt from the Gettysburg

Address.

“March to the

Sea” with

General

Sherman.

Test students’

knowledge

with the Civil

War game!

Reinforce lessons by

reading about famous

people!

Describe the horror of

Civil War prisons.

Review major battles.

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Reinforce lessons and introduce

Reconstruction.

Discuss

Reconstruction in Chapter 8. Use

quiz at the end to review Civil

War events.

Wrap It Up!Reenact a soldier’s

homecoming!

Study

Confederate

surrender at

Appomattox Court

House.

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Identify the cause of

most Civil War deaths

in Chapter 7.

Prompt

discussions about

lessons learned in

the war.

© 2011 Gallopade/Carole Marsh