Downloadable PDF student notebook pages for each grade level enable flexible, printer-friendly instruction
Core resources such as the House Divided teacher manual provide structured, ready-to-use lesson plans
Hands-on activities and projects including regional cooking, period songs, and games enhance student engagement
Comparative analysis of perspectives from both sides of the Civil War encourages critical thinking
Research and mapping activities centered on the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions deepen historical understanding
Summarized by Shop
Fast forward through almost 50 years of mostly peaceful expansion and settlement, to the 1860s. That was when tensions between the North and South finally boiled over and ignited the Civil War, also called the War Between the States. This unit’s literature introduces Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross, and opens windows into the lives