Language Arts – Open Court

 Grade 5 Unit  4 Theme: The Civil War

Story: So I Became a Soldier

Resource Type

Themes

Websites /Activities

National Parks Service Virtual Museum

Flags of the Civil War

Students groups select a flag to learn about. Students prepare a presentation about each flag, and the battle or location it flew. Students use maps of the US to  display the location. Each flag has a link to the fort or battle ground. 

 National Parks Service Virtual Museum

 Camp Life

Students click around the site and take notes. Students then write a few diary entries as a soldier.