Welcome to Addy's World, 1864: Growing Up During America's Civil War (American Girl Collection)

by Susan Sinnott

Other authorsJodi Evert (Editor), Tamara England (Editor)

Hardcover, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

973.7

Publication

Amer Girl Pub (1999), Edition: First Edition, 64 pages

Description

Describes the conditions of African Americans in the North and the South during and immediately after the Civil War.

User reviews

LibraryThing member librarianlou

Browsing through this book is like visiting a museum. There is a diagram of the boarding house where Addy and her family might have lived after escaping slavery. A Southern plantation is also featured. There are samples of children's toys and fashions of the 1860s. Children will learn about jumping

the broom, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Buffalo Soldiers and more.

Similiar titles are available for many of the American Girl Characters.

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LibraryThing member t1bclasslibrary

This history of life during 1864 details what slavery, the Civil War, and life in general was like during that era. We get a picture of what jobs African Americans might have held, and what the future held for them.

LibraryThing member chrisyt

Changes for Addy
Addy is a girl in the middle of the Civil War at the year end of 1865. Addy’s family is still not together. She wants to give up when the family that she lives with tells her that her sister Esther, Aunt Lula, and her Uncle Solomon will be living in Philadelphia. Her search for

her family is successful, but bittersweet. Her whole family is not together. Being reminded of what her mother told her, she will always be with her family as long as love and courage lives in her heart. This book is a great encouragement for a child experiencing missing a beloved family member.

Extension:

Children could do a lesson on the civil war and it causes.

Students research what children did during the Civil War.

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