Civil War Lapbook
these were made to use with the book, Great Civil War Projects You Can Build Yourself. It is a free download from WOWIO.

This project was prepared and created by Jennifer McCumbers, Charity, and Ami. If you would like to help add to the templates on this page, please contact HSS.

Important People Side by Side	Taps Shutterfold	Signal Flags Trifold
Drums	Uniforms Twice Folded	Cornhusk Doll Layer Book
Buglers	Nation Divided Map	Different Flags Used Tab
Uses for Flags	Eat Like a Soldier Side by Side	Periscopes Fan Book
Timeline Fan	Soldier's Shelter	Cover Page
Civil War Quilts	Underground Railroad	Morse Code
Flag Protocol	Telegraph Trifold
Vocabulary Pocket	Ships Tab Book

Younger students (or students who struggle with endless amounts of handwriting), can use some of the files below to cut/paste the information in the the minit books.

Important People & Taps Information
Timeline Information
Drums Information
Underground RR & Harriet Tubman Information (also includes "Follow the Drinking Gourd" Lyrics)
Shelter and Telegraph (Samuel Morse) Information
Hardtack and Johnnycake Recipes
Taffy Recipe
Uniforms Clip-art (from http://civilwarclipart.com/clipartgallery/clipart2.htm )

Suggested Vocabulary
Make cards for the following words and store them in your Vocabulary Pocket:

Regimental flags- Flags used to represent different groups of soldiers
Color Guard- group of men who carried the flags into battle
Recruit- to get people to join the military
Abolitionist- a person who was involved in doing away with slavery
Fugitive- a person who is running away
Slavery- being bound to serve as property of another person
Wig-wag- a system of using signal flags to communicate battle commands
Siege warfare- battles that lasted for long stretches—sometimes months at a time—where armies dug and stayed in trenches, didn’t engage in active fighting very often, and waited out their enemy.
Trench- a long, narrow ditch dug by a soldier to hide and protect him during war
Lean-to- a simple shelter built with fallen logs, branches, and whatever materials were found

Answers to Buglers Minit Book
Who? Usually young boys, as young as 11 years old!
When? On and off the battle field.
Why? Encourage soldiers, send signals, entertain
When not playing? Stretcher bearers

Information about Photography (minit book not included)
The Civil war was the first time photography was widely used. Photographers were not out on the battlefield, but waited until the battles were over. Then they went on the battlefield, sometimes even before the wounded could be removed.Photographers often posed the dead bodies for the most dramatic pictures.The photographs gave public record of the events of the war. Of all the pictures taken during the war, not one was actually taken during battle.Equipment was bulky and delicate. Taking pictures took several seconds, and movement created blurring.

Information about Periscopes
With the invention of periscopes and better weapons, warfare changed. Instead of aiming at enemies in open fields, soldiers were able to dig trenches and fight from a safer position. The periscopes enabled the soldiers to look out of the trenches without putting themselves in unnecessary danger.

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