West Virginia: A New Statehood

Welcome: West Virginia: A New Statehood
Description: This project is about West Virginia becoming a state during the American Civil War, June 20, 1863. Many factors led up to WV reaching statehood and that's this journey I'm going on with my students.
Grade Level: 3-5
Curriculum: Social Studies
Keywords: West Virginia, Virginia, Civil War, state, statehood, slavery, Union, Confederacy, border state
Author(s): Charles Tyree