Vocabulary+Activities



1. **//Life During the American Civil War//** **Vocabulary Activity** I will use start this activity before I read Life During the American Civil War. My reason for doing this is so students can guess what the words mean. While I am reading, I will pause after I read each vocabulary word and allow students to write the definition according the the context clues. After we finish reading, students will use the dictionary to look up and define each word.
 * ** Word: ** ||  ** My guess: **  ||  ** Context meaning: **  ||  ** Dictionary Meaning: **  ||
 * **1.Climate**


 * 2. Factory**


 * 3. Hardship**


 * 4. Harvest**


 * 5. Plantation**


 * 6. Slave**


 * 7. Slavery**


 * 8. Soldier**


 * 9. United**


 * 10. Weapon** ||  ||   ||   ||

This activity will be used in conjunction with The Underground Railroad book. After I read the book to the students, they will be given the worksheet below. The words were chosen because they are key words that will contribute to the students' understanding of the Underground Railroad.
 * 2.** **//The Underground Railroad//** **Vocabulary Worksheet**
 * **Word** ||  **Dictionary Definition**  ||  **Synonym**  ||  **Antonym**  ||  **Sentence using the word**  ||
 * **1.Abolitionists**


 * 2. Bloodhounds**


 * 3. Colonists**


 * 4. Escapees**


 * 5. Freight**


 * 6. Fugitives**


 * 7. Gourd**


 * 8. Network**


 * 9. Plantations**


 * 10. Secede** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

I will use this activity before I read Abraham Lincoln an Adventure in Courage. I want to have a fun activity that will expand students' knowledge of Abe before we read. For this activity, the students will use a dictionary to decide what word goes with what definition. Then, they must find the word on the word search.
 * 3. Abraham Lincoln an Adventure in Courage Vocabulary Activity[[file:Vocabulary word search.docx]]**