Now modern kids can travel back in time and experience one of the most dramatic and fascinating periods in American history. Civil War Days follows the Wheelers, an African-American family living in New York City, and the Parkhursts, a white family in Charleston, South Carolina, through the year 1862. Readers will join 11-year-old Emily Parkhurst as she helps her family run their cotton mill, and 12-year-old Timothy Wheeler as he takes on new responsibilities while his father becomes one of the first African Americans to join the Union army. Along the way, they'll discover exciting games, crafts, toys, and recipes popular with kids of the time, including making a hard tack, playing the African game of Mankala, sending secret messages in Morse code, baking a tasty apple pan dowdy, and much more. Learning history has never been so hands-on-or so much fun! Includes over 30 fun, simple, step-by-step projects and activities Abundantly illustrated and packed with fascinating facts and historical information.