civilwar4

=4th Grade Social Studies - Civil War Era and Late 1800s in PA=

**Websites**

 * Discovery Education Video: Liberty's Kids: Valley Forge Great series to show during the study of the American Revolution or Civil War. This video specifically discusses events at Valley Forge.
 * Discovery Education Video: The Function and Methods of the Underground Railroad This is an excellent 2:00 minute explanation of the Underground Railroad. It even includes the story of Henry "Box" Brown!

Lessons

 * [|Underground Railroad Activity] Students research Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad using the internet. The research is put into Timliner – showing the sequence of events for the Underground RR and H. Tubman’s life.
 * [|Slaves Songs of the Underground Railroad] Students create their own music for Slave songs (in the style of the spiritual – using lyrics from known songs) - and present their song during a role-play of the Underground Railroad

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