Civil War

The 7th graders finished up the year studying the Civil War and Reconstruction. They were fascinated to read and analyze first-hand accounts of the war from Civil War veterans and see just how devastating that war was economically, politically, and socially. The students wrote letters to each other as if they lived in the time of the war – some pretended to be soldiers, others were women who became nurses for the Red Cross, others were escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad. They had a great time acting out these letters for each other. They also read a lot about Reconstruction and analyzed through essays the various methods used by the North and the South to rebuild the United States after the war.

Mrs. Roh

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Topics: 7Seventh grade
Date: Friday, June 14th, 2013 10:58 am