The Civil War

Civil War Literature for Lesson 4

 

 

Vocabulary for Lesson 4

abolition

  • An abolitionist was a person who wanted to do away with slavery.

  • The act of doing away with or the state of being done away with; annulment.

  • Abolishment of slavery.

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

elimination

starting

annulment

going ahead

founding

cancellation

setting

establishing

extinction

destruction

beginning

dismissal

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Study of Harriet Tubman

 

Wanted Dead or Alive: The True Story of Harriet Tubman 
by Ann McGovern, Richard M. Powers (Illustrator)
AR Reading Level 3.8  Point Value 1.0

Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman (Step into Reading, Step 3) 
by Monica Kulling, Teresa Flavin (Illustrator)
AR Reading Level 3.6  Point Value 0.5

Minty - A Story of Young Harriet Tubman 
by Alan Schroeder
AR Reading Level 3.6  Point Value 0.5

Brown Paper School USKids History:  Book of the American Civil War  

"Harriet the Runaway" pg. 37-38
by Howard Egger-Boet and Marlene Smith-Baranzini

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
by Faith Ringgold (Illustrator), J. Davis (Editor)

Study of Frederick Douglass

 

Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery
by William Miller, Cedric Lucas (Illustrator)
AR Reading Level 4.2  Point Value 0.5

Picture Book of Frederick Douglass
By David Adler
AR Reading Level 4.9  Point Value 0.5

Study of Sojourner Truth

 

Picture Book of Sojourner Truth
By David Adler
AR Reading Level 5.5  Point Value 0.5

 

 

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