Spotlight on America: Civil War

The Spotlight on America series allows students to experience in-depth views of specific events or historic eras. The lessons reinforce nonfiction reading skills while connecting social studies to other areas of the curriculum.

Each book in the Spotlight on America series features:

• Reading selections and quizzes
• Lesson plans
• Student activity pages
• Readers' Theater
• Culminating activities
• Annotated bibliography
• Glossary of terms