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=**Reading the Web:** **5th Grade Project:** **Social Studies: Civil War**=

**__Purpose:__**
The students will learn the major events and consequences of the Civil War through their textbook, other written materials, and searching the web for accurate appropriate information.

**__Format of Project:__**
The students will develop Powerpoint Presentations from their research. Each Guided Reading group will research a separate topic of the Civil War, i.e. battles, key people, famous speeches and Constitutional Amendments 13, 14, and 15, underground railroad, the role of women during the war.