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South Carolina Secedes
In the book The Girl in Blue, Sarah became aware of the South's prediciment from the newspaper. This leads her to the path of the army when she runs away. -
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BIG IDEA
We think that the main idea in all of our texts is that war brings great changes to the world. This is because in all of our novels, the main characters all experianced dramatic changes. Theese events include things like joining the war or friends/ family getting killed. The characters handle these changes with maturity and help other get over their pain as well. -
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Civil War and Salvery
All books took place during the Civil War and Slavery time period. -
First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was created
This calling of troops prompted Charley to join the army and fight for his nation. (In the book Soldier's Heart) -
The Battle of Manassas
In the book Girl in Blue, the main character, Sarah was in this battle. After Sarah killed someone, she was very traumitized.This changed her perspective of the war for the worse. -
Emancipation Proclamation
In the book With Every Drop of Blood, Jonny lies to Cush about the Emancipation Proclamation. Through this lie, Cush gets very mad at Jonny and their friendship breaks apart for a time being. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
From the book Soldier's Heart, Charley is fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg. He went into a battle rage and started attacking people recklessly. Eventually he got wounded because of this. -
The Gettysburg Address
In the book With Every Drop of Blood, Cush and Jonny go through reading lessons together. They learn to read the Gettysburg Address and discuss what it means. Through this little speech, theese two boys bonded together and eventually became friends -
Battle of Cedar Creek
In the book With Every Drop of Blood, Jonny's father gets shot at the Battle of Cedar Creek. Because of this, Jonny feels feels a sense of duty to go fight in the war -
Surrender at Appomattox
In the book With Every Drop of Blood, The Surrender of Appomattox marked an important milestone in Johnny and Cush's lives because they could finally stop running away from both armies and return to their regualr lives. -
The Assasination of Abraham Lincoln
In the book An Aquaintance with with Darkness, Emily discovers that her best friend's parent was an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth when he assasinated Abraham Lincoln. This made Emily feel betrayed by her friend and very lonley -
The Capture of John Wilkes Booth
In the book An Aquantice with Darkness, when Emily found out that John Wilkes Booth was captured, she was kind of sad because she had a lot of adventures with his accompliances.
