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Use these lesson plans, created by teachers for teachers, to explore the American Civil War.

The Civil War through A Child's Eye (Grades 6-8) Students use literature and photographs to view the Civil War from a child's perspective.

Ladies, Contraband, and Spies (Grades 10-11) Students view the perspectives of slave women, plantation mistresses, female spies, and Union women during the Civil War.

Mathew Brady Bunch (Grades 6-12) Students become reporters, analyzing a Civil War photograph, and writing a newspaper article based on their chosen photograph.

Photojournalism (Grades 5-8) Students explore how and why war has been photographed and also see the bias within the recording/reporting of war. Students may explore Civil War photographs as a basis for their analysis.

What Do You See? (Grades 5-12) Students analyze Civil War photographs, and develop links between the Civil War and American industrialization.

Last Updated: 06/26/2009