Dear Mother, Dear Father Student Activity Book

Step into the Civil War and discover history through the words of the young people who lived it.

The Dear Mother, Dear Father Activity Book transforms authentic Civil War letters and firsthand accounts into hands-on historical investigations designed for middle-school learners. Students examine evidence, follow battles and journeys on maps, decode wartime communication, investigate food and daily life, explore military medicine and transportation, and discover how news traveled during the war.

Rather than simply memorizing names and dates, young historians are challenged to ask questions, compare evidence, separate fact from inference, consider different points of view, and draw their own conclusions from the past.

Filled with maps, puzzles, investigations, critical-thinking challenges, creative activities, and primary-source exploration, this companion activity book brings the experiences behind Dear Mother, Dear Father: Young Voices From the Civil War into the classroom or home.

History becomes more than something students read.

It becomes something they investigate.