History Center and Classroom
Civil War Curriculum

History Channel logoCWPT is proud to offer our two-week Civil War curriculum, endorsed by the History Channel.
This curriculum may be used as a stand-alone unit or it may be adapted to supplement your textbook
and enrich your existing unit of study.

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Clara Barton
New Resource
Gifted & Talented Curriculum
This all-new adaptable enrichment experience for all grade levels focuses on character and leaderhip in the Civil War. Read More

Read the INTRODUCTION

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5th GRADE

Battlefields  
PDF -
9.7 MB

|   Disunion  
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9.2 MB

|   War  
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2.1 MB

|   Preservation  
PDF -
9.3 MB
|   Soldiers  
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13.1 MB
|   War at Home
PDF -
7 MB
8th GRADE
Battlefields  
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5.5 MB
|   Disunion  
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5.6 MB
|   War  
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1.5 MB
|   Preservation  
PDF -
10 MB
|   Soldiers  
PDF -
13.1 MB
|   War at Home
PDF -
9.9 MB
11th GRADE
Battlefields  
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4.9 MB
|   Disunion  
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2.2 MB
|   War  
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824K
|   Preservation  
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10.4 MB
|   Soldiers  
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13.1 MB
|   War at Home
PDF -
10.3 MB

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EXTRAS

Biographies

(See our NEW! Gifted & Talent Curriculum for more bios)

Glossary

Civil War Slang

Who Fought in the War   |   Camp Life   |   Attitudes   |   Statistics

Pastimes   |   Music   |   Medicine   |   Food   |   Uniforms

Why they Fought   |  African-American Soldiers

Answer to the "Rebus" (from "War at Home")

More Lesson Plans & Activities

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Gifted & Talented Curriculum — NEW!
Designed for "gifted and talented" students of all grades —
or for students with a special interest in the Civil War —
this adaptable enrichment experience may be used alone
or in addition to your existing curriculum. Read More

 


© CIVIL WAR PRESERVATION TRUST

Permission to use the CWPT curriculum is granted for individual classroom use only. All other uses must be approved in writing by the Civil War Preservation Trust.

 


Civil War Preservation Trust

1331 H Street N.W. Suite 1001, Washington, D.C. 20005
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