Allow a group of three students to choose a central character in the war. Have students meet for ten minutes. During that time, ask two students to make up false statements concerning their person and have one student select a true statement describing the person. At the end of the meeting time, groups should take turns trying to trick the other members of the class. Each group goes to the front of the room and writes the name of their character on the chalkboard.
Students then read their statements while the rest of the class decides who is the real character.
Make a quilt with your class that depicts Civil War themes. Have students draw their designs on white paper squares and color them. Tape the drawings down to large pieces of white paper that will serve as backing for the quilt. Create a border with colored construction paper, perhaps red, white and blue. Display the quilt in the classroom.