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Using Historical Fiction to Learn About the Civil War

This lesson uses the book Meet Addy by Connie Porter to teach the characteristics of historical fiction, making inferences and using visualization, and Civil War history. The book tells the story of a young girl who escapes from slavery during the war. Students learn how to visualize and infer events from the author’s choice of words and then refine their comprehension by questioning the text together.

More about this lesson plan:
Materials Needed: * Civil War Booklist: This booklist provides examples of books to use with any Civil War unit. * National Geographic Online Presents “The Underground Railroad”: Use this informative site about the Underground Railroad in a focused lesson about how and why it came to be.
Author: Marguerite A. Murphy
Source: © www.readwritethink.org

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