Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources Return to United States Theme Units

United States History: A Nation Divided Leading up to the Civil War

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Document Based Activities

Document Based Activities

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Make a Daily A Nation Divided: Leading up to the Civil War Activity Lesson Plan Book

Daily A Nation Divided: Leading up to the Civil War Activity Lesson Plan Book

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Maps
     Blank outline map
     Blank outline map (PDF file)
     North and south (color)
     North and south (black and white)
     States and their names

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Quizzes
Grades 5-7
     A Nation Divided (Grades 5-7) review quiz - options for multiple pages, keys, and edit writing questions
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Grades 7-9
     A Nation Divided (Grades 7-9) review quiz - options for multiple pages, keys, and edit writing questions
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Reading Comprehensions - Special Education High Interest Reading
     Slave Life (Hi/Lo Grades 3-4)
     Frederick Douglass (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     The Abolitionist Movement (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     The Missouri Compromise (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     The Compromise of 1850 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Fugitive Slave Law (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Slavery in the West (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Advantages and Disadvantages (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Slave Codes (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Uncle Tom's Cabin (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     The Underground Railroad (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Harriet Tubman (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Mormons (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     The Gold Rush (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)

Spanish: Reading Comprehensions - Special Education High Interest Reading
     El Compromiso de Missouri (grades 4-5)
     Harriet Tubman (grades 4-5)

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Reading Comprehensions
     Delaware and the Underground Railroad (Grades 2-4)
     William Lloyd Garrison (Grades 4-5)
     Frederick Douglass (Grades 4-5)
     The American Colonization Society (Grades 4-5)
     Amistad (Grades 4-5)
     Harriet Beecher Stowe (Grades 4-5)
     Compromises (Grades 4-5)
     Osceola (Grades 4-6)
     Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad (Grades 5-7)
     Slavery, Compromises and Dred Scott (Grades 5-7)
     Slave Life (Grades 5-7)
     Nullification and Secession (Grades 5-7)
     Richard Allen - The AME Church (Grades 6-8)
     Abolitionists (Grades 7-9)
     Slave Economy (Grades 7-9)
     Slavery and the Law (Grades 7-9)
     Secession of the Southern States (Grades 7-9)
     Underground Railroad (Grades 7-9)
     Dred Scott Decision (Grades 7-9)
     Compromises of 1820 and 1850 (Grades 7-9)
     South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification (Grades 7-9)
     Dred Scott v. Sanford (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)

Spanish: Reading Comprehensions
     Los abolicionistas y el "ferrocarril subterráneo" (grades 5-7)

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Compare and Contrast

Compromise Traits: Compares the two Missouri Compromises (Grades 5-6)

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Book Units
    Nettie's Trip South (Grades 1-5)
    When Harriet Met Sojourner (Grades 2-4)
    You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer! (Grades 2-4)
    Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Grades 2-5)
    Riding Freedom (Grades 3-6)
    Mr. Tucket (Grades 3-7)
    Bandit's Moon (Grades 4-6)
    Lincoln: A Photobiography (Grades 4-7)
    Lyddie (Grades 4-7)
    The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (Grades 4-7)
    The Birchbark House (Grades 4-7)
    Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs (Grades 4-8)
    House of Dies Drear (Grades 5-7)
    Charley Skedaddle (Grades 5-8)
    Running Out of Time (Grades 5-8)
    Steal Away Home (Grades 5-8)
    The Long Road to Gettysburg (Grades 5-8)
    The Slave Dancer (Grades 5-8)
    Uncle Tom's Cabin (Grades 6-12)
    Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs (Grades 7-12)

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