Apr. 6, 2011: The Civil War

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Activities:

1. Design a memorial for the Civil War for an outside place in your community.

2. In your newspaper, circle stories from Northern states in blue. Circle stories from Southern states in red.

3. Find a local Civil War event in your newspaper that you would like to attend. Explain your choice.

4. What role did these play in the Civil War: (a) cotton, (b) Robert E. Lee, (c) Fort Sumter, and (d) Frederick Douglass?

5. Plan your own Civil War activity. Use your newspaper to find a place for the event, a restaurant to cater food, a speaker and entertainment.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places. (History)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)