What Was the Civil War All about Anyway? (Student's Civil War, 150th Anniversary: 1861-1865) - Softcover

Marsh, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0635076403 ISBN 13: 9780635076403

Publisher: Gallopade International, 2010

Synopsis

WHAT Was the Civil War All About, Anyway? The first-shots, nation-divided, winners, losers, blood, guts, glory, and not so glorious story of America's only Civil War!

This book on basically "What Was the Civil War All About, Anyway?" takes a unique approach of exploring "what" in bite-size, digestible, entertaining pieces. Instead of the rote, pat answers usually given in books for children, this book actually offers a more practical, thorough, intense look at how Americans got into this mess, and lets students-GASP!-draw their own conclusion. The author, Carole Marsh, believes that kids have strong opinions about war, and are entitled to their own Monday morning quarterbacking as to what was good, bad, right, wrong, etc. regarding this war of brother against brother.

This book includes a combination of funky, radical, text-based, non-fiction graphic novels awash in drama and commentary with speedy but thorough stories, all in first person, and often the words of an actual participant. This book is FUN TO READ. Civil War, fun-it can be done! Absolutely no "content warning" on these books, except BEWARE: You may not be able to put it down, kid!

Click HERE to view four sample pages. Click HERE to view a book review.

Lexile Measure: 800

On Monday, February 7, 2011, award-winning author and Gallopade CEO Carole Marsh spoke with Public Radio WABE's Steve Goss. They discussed this new 6-book series that is aimed at motivating elementary and middle school students to learn about the Civil War. Visit Carole on Facebook to listen to the full interview.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

This book on basically "What Was the Civil War All About, Anyway?" takes a unique approach of exploring "what" in bite-size, digestible, entertaining pieces. Instead of the rote, pat answers usually given in books for children, this book actually offers a more practical, thorough, intense look at how Americans got into this mess, and lets students-GASP!-draw their own conclusion. The author, Carole Marsh, believes that kids have strong opinions about war, and are entitled to their own Monday morning quarterbacking as to what was good, bad, right, wrong, etc. regarding this war of brother against brother.

About the Author

Carole Marsh:

• Native of Atlanta, Georgia
• Professional writer and photographer
• Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc.
• Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm
• Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational materials
including books, interactive CD-ROMs, games, and online adventures

Awards Include:

• 2011 Teachers’ Choice for the Classroom by Learning Magazine
• 2007 Greatest Products by iParenting Media
• 2006 Georgia Author of the Year by Georgia Writers Association
• 2004 Teachers’ Choice for the Family by Learning Magazine
• 2003 Excellence in Education Award from the National School Supply and Equipment Association
• 2002 Teachers' Choice Award by Learning Magazine
• 2002 Award of Excellence Recipient from Association Advance America
• 2000 Fastest Growing Small Press from Publishers Weekly
• Communicator of the Year in 1979

Edition details

• Publisher: Gallopade International
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0635076403
• ISBN 13: 9780635076403
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 36