Skip to main content
  2. /
  3. Lessons
  4. /
  5. The Civil War

The Civil War

Log In to Assign The Civil War

  • Lesson

    11 challenges and audio content

In this lesson, students will read about the Civil War and how it changed the United States.

CONTENT OBJECTIVE: I can tell what the Civil War was, why it happened, and what happened after.

WIDA Standards

  • WIDA Standard 5 (Social Studies): Identify and describe the causes, sides, and outcomes of the Civil War.
  • WIDA Standard 2 (Language Arts): Use sequencing and cause/effect language (e.g., “The war started because… Then…”).
  • WIDA Standard 1 (Social/Instructional): Use frames to retell (e.g., “The Union fought the Confederacy. The Union won.”).

LANGUAGE: English

Access our full library of online Spanish lessons

Garbanzo uses comprehensible storytelling and ready-made lessons to help students acquire language. Get access to our ever-growing collection of Spanish lessons today!

Join our newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter and get instant access to a set of 15 printable texts for beginning language learners.

Subscribe Today