National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Emancipation Proclamation: Freedom's First Steps
By reading and studying a variety of written resources--the Emancipation Proclamation and newspaper archives--high school learners explore the steps Lincoln took towards emancipating the slaves and freed slaves' reaction to the...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Emancipation Proclamation
A learning module that begins with "The Emancipation Proclamation" by President Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Emancipation Proclamation
Primary resource provides full text of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued January, 1863 as well as his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, issued September, 1862.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Antietam: The Emancipation Proclamation (Full Text)
Read a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln in September, 1862, and put into law on January 1, 1863.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
A learning module that begins with "Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the Civil War. Read about its importance, but also its inability to free a single slave in the South. Find a link to Abraham Lincoln which explains his change of thinking about the only...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Emancipation Proclamations
Students will review, compare and contrast the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 with the District of Columbia Emancipation Act.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Emancipation Proclamation Text
Read the original words and text of the Emancipation Proclamation.
This Nation
This nation.com: "Emancipation Proclamation" Abraham Lincoln
This Nation site provides the full text of President Abraham Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation" which freed slaves.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Emancipation Proclamation Practice Questions for Kids
History Questions: Emancipation Proclamation Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
Ducksters
Ducksters: Civil War for Kids: Emancipation Proclamation
A site discussing the Emancipation Proclamation when Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves during the Civil War.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: Proclamation of Emancipation
View an elaborate engraving of the Emancipation Proclamation, produced two years after Lincoln first issued it. It marries Civil War-era iconography with the text of Lincoln's declaration and is a useful resource for analyzing artistic...
Library of Congress
Loc: Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Loc
This American Memory site provides a comprehensive collection of Abraham Lincoln papers. Read the introduction page so you can see how they are organized. You can search by keyword or just browse the collection. Very interesting!!
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Yo! The Slaves Have Gotta Go!
In this lesson plan, students will explore the events leading up to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Students will work collaboratively to research and report their findings.
Other
The Works of Abraham Lincoln
This personal site gives links to the full text of several of Lincoln's famous speeches including the "Gettysburg Address," "The Emancipation Proclamation," and his inaugural addresses.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
In this activity students will analyze a two-page poster that the Government used to recruit recently freed slaves to fight for the Union Army during the Civil War. The poster refers to the Emancipation Proclamation and to President...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Emancipation, 1864 1865
Letters and narratives of slaves freed at the end of the Civil War. An interesting look at the confusion and eagerness which confronted these newly freed Americans.
PBS
Africans in America: Revolution: Significance of Dunmore's Proclamation
A brief interview with Betty Wood, professor of history, on the significance of Dunmore's Proclamation to Loyalist plantation owners, Patriot plantation owners, and, in particular, the slaves themselves. From PBS.
Library of Congress
Loc: Learning Page: The Freedmen
This resource provides information about the Freedmen, who were free after the Emancipation of Slaves.
Curated OER
National Portrait Gallery: One Life: Proclamation of Emancipation
View an elaborate engraving of the Emancipation Proclamation, produced two years after Lincoln first issued it. It marries Civil War-era iconography with the text of Lincoln's declaration and is a useful resource for analyzing artistic...
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: African American Union Troops
Following the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, African Americans were granted the right to join the U.S. Army, but this article takes a closer look at how this new right worked.
Black Past
Black Past: Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
This interesting encyclopedia article tells about Lord Dummore's Proclamation, his attempt to encourage slaves to leave their masters and fight for the British.