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Literacy Stations Civil War

Literacy Stations for Civil War Books

We are studying the Civil War in Social Studies and will be reading books 
in Workshop. 

This Literacy Station is called the Scavenger Hunt because you will look for 
different information on the following web pages.

1. All groups will complete the first activity. 
2. Once you have completed the sheet, follow the directions for your book 
selection.

Internet Links


1. All teams complete this sheet before going to the next 
activities.

Once you have completed the answers for the Scavenger Hunt sheet, 
if you have time, find your book and work on the activities 
listed under it.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html

Read the book online.
Wake Up, Young Soldier

Wake Up, Young Soldier

Select one of these:

Diary of Carrie Berry.
Carrie Berry was a 10 year old girl who lived in Atlanta during 
the Civil War. Read her diary for December then you can draw a 
Venn diagram comparing her Christmas to your Christmas.
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/manswar/pages/berrie_diary.html

Go to this site and find out how your life would be if you were a 
slave in 1865. Draw a Venn diagram comparing your life to that of 
a slave.
http://pbskids.org/stantonanthony/day_in_life.html

Read the book online.
Mighty Ironclads

Mighty Ironclads

Select one of these:

Click on the middle picture called 1861-Present: The Interactive 
Story of the Monitor. Once you have completed the story write a 
summary of the information and include how this invention changed 
battles at sea.
http://www.monitorcenter.org

Go to this page and make a timeline describing how baseball began.
Write a summary of the timeline and include how the creation of 
baseball changed the way many Americans spend their free time.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/bball/early_1

Once you have completed all of the required activities you may go 
to this site and here your name in Morse Code. Then write your 
name in Morse Code.
http://www.connected-earth.com/FunandGames/Games/Morsecodeandsemaphore/index.htm

Read the book online.
Women Writers: Voices from the 1860s

Women Writers

Select one to complete:

Diary of Carrie Berry.
Carrie Berry was a 10 year old girl who lived in Atlanta during 
the Civil War. Read her diary for December then write a story 
about you traveling through time to visit her during Christmas.
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/manswar/pages/berrie_diary.html

Go to this site and read about the creation and evolution of 
baseball. Write an essay about how baseball has changed the way 
people in America spend their free time.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jp/bball/early_1

Once you have completed all of the required activities you may go 
to this site and here your name in Morse Code. Then write your 
name in Morse Code.
http://www.connected-earth.com/FunandGames/Games/Morsecodeandsemaphore/index.htm

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