Civil War ABC Book

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Instructions

Your book should contain the following:

A decorated Cover with your name as the author.

Each letter of the alphabet on a separate page.
A word or term relating to the Civil War: People, places, events, battles, terms, leaders,
hero, heroines, etc.

A thorough definition or explanation of each word written in terms that a younger child
could understand. Everything must be hand written!

An illustration for each world.
Illustrations can be drawn, traced, copied, cut from magazines or newspapers, or done
on the computer.

Be consistent throughout your book. Make it as much like a real ABC book as possible.

Your grade will be determined by craftsmanship, creativity, thoroughness and balance of
Civil War information, and neatness.

Remember that spelling and grammar count.

Links

The following links are to help you find information for your book. You can find other web sites and/or use any other resources to gather information. To save Internet images from a PC: set up a folder or disk, put your cursor over the image you want to save, click on the right mouse button, and chose "save image as", put it in the folder or disk that you have set up. Note: you can copy and past too from the right mouse menu, but I recomend saving it.

The Civil War

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Be a Slave: There are many links to great sites on this page.

The American Civil War Homepage: Click on Civil War Resources

The American Civil War: Thinkquest

The Civil War for Kids

Biographies of Civil War Participants

Civil War Cartoons

Letters to and from Civil War Participants

Poetry and Music of the War Between the States

Civil War Women

Civil War Resources on the Internet: Abolitionism to Reconstruction