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Think about it…
Take 5 minutes to work on the paper on your desk.
Don’t use your notes!!!
When you are finished…
What do these pictures have in common? How are they different?
Today’s Question:
What did African Americans do during the
Civil War?
Today’s Activities:1. Analyze picture
2. Reading
3. Become reporters and soldiers
4. Letter from an African American soldier
5. 5 minute break
6. JEOPARDY!!
Vocab Words:Emancipation: setting a person or group of people free
Flocked: a group of people coming to a place
Dignity: being worthy of honor or respect
Prejudice: feeling hostile or negative about a group of people
Dispelled: to make something disappear
Brigade: a small section of the army
Commandeering: taking control of; capturing
Letter from an African American soldier
Assignment: Imagine you are an African American living during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln has just issued the
Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves and inviting African Americans to join the Union
army. Full of excitement, you decide to enlist. Write a letter back home to your family, describing your experiences in the Union
army.
Which region?
Which region?
Which region?
Which region?
Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains
Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains
Flat lands that gradually increase in elevation westward; grasslands
Contains the Continental Divide, which changes the directional flow of rivers
Located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades
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