Give students in-depth views of specific events and historic eras with lessons that reinforce nonfiction reading skills. Spotlight On America: Civil War features reading sections and quizzes, student activity pages, annotated bibliography, a glossary of terms, and reader's theater.

Topics include:


• Causes of the Civil War
• Civil War Leaders from the North and the South
• Civil War Battles 1
• Civil War Battles 2
• A Soldier's Life
• Reconstruction