Grade Range: 5-8Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, WorksheetsDate Posted: 9/21/2010
This unit will introduce the first major clash in the Civil War--the Battle of Bull Run--and encourage students to consider the perspectives of ordinary citizens of the North and the South and the impact of this battle on their lives. The activities are based on the award-winning young adult novel Bull Run by Paul Fleischman.
Discussions, Museum education
Photographs can be powerful connections to the past. Soldiers, for example often had their portra...
Object Analysis, Union, 1860s, Civil War, battle, historical fiction, Zouaves, uniform, African American history, Bull Run, soldier, home front, 1860s, object, war between the states, women’s history, American, Manassas, African, military history
Fleishman's depiction of the first Civil War battle relies on individual voices to give a human f...
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