Civil War | American History | Social Studies

Teach your students about the American Civil War. This resource is easily compatible for use with your Google Classroom™. The 7 passages in this versatile resource combine social studies and reading informational text in one convenient unit of study. It’s an effective and engaging way to teach your students about this important event in American history.

“Civil War” is a Social Studies unit composed of an introduction plus six lessons, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the American Civil War. The introduction includes a pacing guide, vocabulary poster, and a vocabulary poster lesson outline. Answer keys and scoring guides are included throughout the unit. The six lessons within the unit are:

Students will:

•read a nonfiction passage about a different topic within the context of the Civil War

•complete a set of cloze notes for each of the seven passages

•practice key vocabulary related to the topic

•create a map and/or foldable to deepen understanding of the topic

•write a brief paragraph to demonstrate understanding of the lesson’s essential question

Included in this resource:

•Resource Overview and Suggested Pacing

•Links to Digital Resources

•Step-by-Step Daily Lesson Plans

•7 Content-Rich Nonfiction Passages (see topics listed below)

•Teacher’s Guides for Each Passage

•Cloze Notes of the Text

•Vocabulary Worksheets

•Foldables for Interactive Notebooks

•Maps and Charts

•Critical-Thinking Writing Prompts

•Answer Keys and/or Scoring Guides

•PDF = 178 pages; Digital Slides or Forms = 151 "pages"

Google Slides™ or Google Forms™ Versions of the:

•Nonfiction Passages (Google Slides)

•Vocabulary Worksheets (Self-Grading Google Forms)

•Writing Prompts (Google Slides)

Topics in this Unit:

•Introduction to the Unit

•Causes and Events Leading to the Civil War

•North and South

•Battles and Generals

•Leaders and Laws

•Slavery and Abolition

•Reconstruction and Legacy

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Happy Teaching! ~ The Reflective Educator

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