Civil+War

Language Arts
Spine Poetry (5th) Baseball and the Civil War (related YA book?) Monologues Letters home Narrative Letter to Abraham Lincoln

Math
Spreadsheets for battles per state - graphing (also includes geography) Word problems Travel (distances, how long it takes, caloric intake, weight of equipment, amount of food) Numbers of soldiers killed Measurement - []

Science
Uses of plants, home remedies Role of disease in outcome of war Weather Medicine Advancement in artillery, technology Food preparation and preservation Paranatural

Gravestone rubbings Music of the time Architecture
 * Art and Music**

Social Studies
Comparison to modern day war and communities Economics -- economies of the north and of the south; monetary policy Economics -- impact of embargoes/controlling the ports to Southern defeat

Trip to Jamestown: photo story or video project (4th grade)

The Supply Train - how do you supply troops, move supplies, logistics, comparing costs today vs. then, transportation - cost of war

Students plot distances of troop movement, convert to student footsteps, compare distance

Communication and noncommunication - play game "telephone"` movement of troop into battle, plot distance difference with GPS

Writers/songs known in that era and comparing with artists at same time from other countries using wordle to compare, google maps

Measured pace (pedometer app), GPS measures speed, simulate "troop movement" Ghost Cadet book - march from VMI to New Market measure distance with maps

**Websites** The Price of Freedom: America at War @http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html

America's Civil War []

The Underground Railroad []

Shenandoah at War []

Animated Battle Map @http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/VoS/MAPDEMO/Theater/TheTheater.html

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
 * Apps**