Dear Mother A Civil War Soldier’s Letter - Illustrated Book and Literature Guide
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Dear Mother A Civil War Soldier’s Letter - Illustrated PDF Book
by Award Winning Author and Illustrator Michael Dooling
Picture Book Grades 3-6
PDF Format 34 Pages 15 Illustrations
Learn about the Civil War through the eyes of a twelve-year-old bugle boy’s letter home to his mother. Soldiers from both the North and the South wrote letters home describing the hardships they endured. Many boys under the age of fifteen, and even some girls masquerading as boys, enlisted as messengers, scouts, drummers, fifes, and buglers.
Dear Mother A Civil War Soldier’s Letter - Literature Guide
by Award Winning Author and Illustrator Michael Dooling
Subjects:
Social Studies – History, U.S. History, Informational Text
25 page packet
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, Homeschool
Types:
PDF Format
Lesson Plans (Individual), Worksheets, Printables
What was it like to be a young soldier in the Civil War? Explore the origins, sufferings, and aftermath of the Civil War through the writings of Aiken, a young soldier.
Letter writing was the main form of communication during the Civil War. Many soldiers, some as young as ten year’s old, from both the North and South, wrote letters home.
Informational text worksheets include: characters, plot, setting, character traits, themes, cause/effect, conflict/resolution, response to text, and summarizing. Based on an article about the Civil War, this 25 page packet includes an article, ready to print student worksheets with answers, a Dear Mother letter written from a young soldier, Civil War facts, Mason-Dixon Line activity, vocabulary sheet, Reconstruction Era facts, extension activities, related web sites and teacher instructions. A good resource for 5th through 10th grades.
by Award Winning Author and Illustrator Michael Dooling
Picture Book Grades 3-6
PDF Format 34 Pages 15 Illustrations
Learn about the Civil War through the eyes of a twelve-year-old bugle boy’s letter home to his mother. Soldiers from both the North and the South wrote letters home describing the hardships they endured. Many boys under the age of fifteen, and even some girls masquerading as boys, enlisted as messengers, scouts, drummers, fifes, and buglers.
Dear Mother A Civil War Soldier’s Letter - Literature Guide
by Award Winning Author and Illustrator Michael Dooling
Subjects:
Social Studies – History, U.S. History, Informational Text
25 page packet
Grades:
4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, Homeschool
Types:
PDF Format
Lesson Plans (Individual), Worksheets, Printables
What was it like to be a young soldier in the Civil War? Explore the origins, sufferings, and aftermath of the Civil War through the writings of Aiken, a young soldier.
Letter writing was the main form of communication during the Civil War. Many soldiers, some as young as ten year’s old, from both the North and South, wrote letters home.
Informational text worksheets include: characters, plot, setting, character traits, themes, cause/effect, conflict/resolution, response to text, and summarizing. Based on an article about the Civil War, this 25 page packet includes an article, ready to print student worksheets with answers, a Dear Mother letter written from a young soldier, Civil War facts, Mason-Dixon Line activity, vocabulary sheet, Reconstruction Era facts, extension activities, related web sites and teacher instructions. A good resource for 5th through 10th grades.