Civil War & Reconstruction Unit - Lessons - Reading Activities - PPT - Test

This Civil War & Reconstruction curriculum unit includes 5 Civil War lessons & 3 Reconstruction Era lessons for 7-8 weeks of instruction & includes a printable & digital version. Some components are editable so you can tweak it to your students’ needs. Audios of the reading passages, quizzes, & tests are included. This is perfect for students with read-aloud accommodations. 

The included Civil War lessons & Reconstruction Era lessons help you easily integrate literacy with your social studies content with graphic organizers that focus on one specific reading skill per organizer, & students will be analyzing primary documents.

This Civil War curriculum unit can be used as a stand alone in the classroom and as a homeschool curriculum.

It includes these 5 Civil War lessons:

⭐️ Causes of the Civil War lesson

⭐️ Civil War Battles lesson

⭐️ The North & South Civil War lesson

⭐️ Abraham Lincoln & the Emancipation Proclamation lesson

⭐️ Key People of the Civil War lesson

It includes these 3 Reconstruction Era lessons:

⭐️ Political Impacts of Reconstruction Era lesson

⭐️ Economic Impacts of Reconstruction Era lesson

⭐️ Social Impacts of Reconstruction Era lesson

This Civil War Unit & Reconstruction Unit includes:

✅ 8 editable PowerPoint presentations that cover the Civil War & Reconstruction Era that can be used to facilitate discussion or have students take notes (PowerPoint presentations include carefully curated videos & links that will enrich the lessons)

✅ 8 slotted notes sets so students can focus on recording the important information from the PowerPoint presentation. Editable slotted notes included!

✅ 8 informational reading passages about the Civil War & Reconstruction Era (There are TWO versions of the reading passage included. One is the "paper saver" version for when you have to limit your copies. The other is the "note-taking" version which has enough space for annotating and taking notes. This version also includes bolded headers for the different sections!)

✅ 32 activities (4 per lesson): Includes key terms, dates & events, significant items, significant people, political cartoons, geographical connection, literary works, and a literacy connection. Three of the four activities PER lesson have two levels: a basic recall and an application of knowledge.

✅ 8 quizzes for each of the Civil War lessons & Reconstruction lessons included

✅ editable study guide

✅ editable unit test

✅ editable modified test

✅ answer keys for all components

✅ digital version of all components (Google & Easel)

✅ self-grading Google Forms version of quizzes, unit test, & modified unit test

✅ audio of reading passages, quizzes, unit test, & modified test (perfect for read-aloud accommodations)

✅ teacher's guide with suggested pacing map

PLUS these Civil War activities & Reconstruction Era activities:

⭐️ 8 graphic organizers 

⭐️ 6 Civil War interactive notebook foldables

⭐️ 5 Reconstruction Era interactive notebook foldables

⭐️ 5 Civil War primary source analysis pack

⭐️ 3 Reconstruction Era primary source analysis pack

⭐️ 59 Civil War vocabulary word wall cards

⭐️ 31 Reconstruction Era vocabulary word wall cards

⭐️ 10 Civil War & Reconstructionn Era stations

⭐️ Civil War Simulation- Tour of Duty

You will save 35% by purchasing this Civil War & Reconstruction Era unit.

Additional ways you can use these Civil War & Reconstruction Era lessons:

⭐️Limited on copies or paper? Every component of this lesson is ready-to-go on Google & Easel, so you can easily assign to your students. The quiz is also available on Google Forms, and I include explicit directions on how to assign and tweak (if desired) for your students. The quiz is also self-grading!

⭐️Short on time? Simply give students the reading passage, and they can complete the reading comprehension activities independently. All information needed for the activities is contained in the reading passage! These can also be used for homework.

⭐️Perfect for sub plans! These lessons require ZERO prep for substitute plans. Students can easily check their own answers with the included answer keys.

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Specific reading skills in this unit are:

relationships in a text/cause & effect; text structure; central ideas & summary; citing textual evidence & making inferences; unknown words & phrases; and integrating multiple sources of information.

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