This is a Civil War Project research idea. In this project, the teacher can take advantage of the internet to allow students to work on their projects, if desired, totally in the cloud. All the teacher will have to do is to create a copy of this file. If you want to know how to make a copy of a Google Document, go to this link here. After the teacher makes a copy, the teacher can duplicate the file as necessary, or show the students how to make copies. The students will then edit their individual, or group, files to complete this project. They will then research the various leader of the Civil War to complete the project. If you have a learning management system, the students may then embed the files to share their work in a private place.
Civil War Project Idea
This is a Civil War Project idea. In this project, students will create a profile for each of the Civil War leaders.
Appomattox Court House Reading Comprehension
This is a reading comprehension task about Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court that officially ended the American Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension #Activity1
About This Activity
This is an Abraham Lincoln reading comprehension activity.
Women and the Civil War Books by Joan Nichols
This is a reading comprehension task for the leveled books on the American Civil War by Joan Nichols. The books include:
- Civil War Heroines (978-0328149-018) (830L)
- Women of the Civil War (978-0328149-001) (830L)
- Civil War Sisterhood: Women Who Made a Difference (978-0328149-025)(1040L)
The above books are great for demonstrating the text feature subheadings. These books would be most appropriate for guided reading in the elementary setting.
John Brown’s Body Lies A-Mouldering in the Grave
John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
But his soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
His soul goes marching on.
He’s gone to be a soldier in the Army of the Lord,
He’s gone to be a soldier in the Army of the Lord,
His soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
John Brown’s knapsack is strapped upon his back,
John Brown’s knapsack is strapped upon his back,
His soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
John Brown died that the slaves might be free,
John Brown died that the slaves might be free,
His soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
The stars above in Heaven now are looking kindly down,
The stars above in Heaven now are looking kindly down,
His soul goes marching on.
Chorus:
Written: 1861 (The song originated with soldiers of the Massachusetts’ 12th Regiment and soon spread to become the most popular anthem of Union soldiers during the Civil War. Many versions of the song exist. One particularly well written version came from William W. Patton, and is reproduced below. The Brown tune inspired Julia Ward Howe, after she heard troops sing the song while parading near Washington, to write her lyrics for the same melody, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Lyrics to Howe’s moving song are also posted below.)
John Brown by William W. Patton
Old John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave,
While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save;
But tho he lost his life while struggling for the slave,
His soul is marching on.
John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true and brave,
And Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to save;
Now, tho the grass grows green above his grave,
His soul is marching on.
He captured Harper’s Ferry, with his nineteen men so few,
And frightened “Old Virginny” till she trembled thru and thru;
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew,
But his soul is marching on.
John Brown was John the Baptist of the Christ we are to see,
Christ who of the bondmen shall the Liberator be,
And soon thruout the Sunny South the slaves shall all be free,
For his soul is marching on.
The conflict that he heralded he looks from heaven to view,
On the army of the Union with its flag red, white and blue.
And heaven shall ring with anthem