The Civil War

Civil War Literature for Lesson 11

 

 

Vocabulary for Lesson 11

confederate

  • To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.

  • A supporter of the Confederate States of America.

Find 6 words or groups of words that mean the same as confederate.

band together

traitor

enemy

separate

connected

linked

allied

war

joined

turncoat

united

spy

rebel

  • To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.

Find 6 words or groups of words that mean the same as rebel.

uprising

peace maker

revolt

approve

fight

applaud

joint

combat

connection

oppose

renegade

aid

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Fiction

 

Drummer Boy:  Marching to the Civil War
by Ann Turner, Mark Hess (illustrator)
AR Reading Level 3.8 Point Value 0.5

A 13 year-old soldier coming of age during the American Civil War beats his drum to raise commands and spirits and muffle the sounds of the dying.

 

The Blue and the Gray
by Eve Bunting
AR Reading Level 3.0 Point Value 0.5

As a black boy and his white friend watch the construction of a house which will make them neighbors on the site of a Civil War battlefield, they agree that their homes are monuments to that war.

 

Diary of a Drummer Boy
by Marlene Targ Brill,  Michael Garland(illustrator)
AR Reading Level 4.9 Point Value 1.0

This is a compelling fictional account of a fifteen-year-old boy drawn to the excitement of fighting in the Civil War.

 

*A Picture Book of Robert E. Lee
by David A. Adler
AR Reading Level 5.7  Point Value  0.5

 

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