This project covers information over leaders thorughout the Civil War era. It could be a take home project or a project that is completed during class. The project allows students to explore information and the reasons why Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Fredrick Douglas are considered major leaders in the Civil War. It uses a variety activities, comparing and contrasting, note taking, summarizing with writing, and a technology c