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This An Overview of American Slavery lesson plan also includes:
- Historical Source Analysis Sheet (Middle School)
- Historical Source Analysis Sheet (High School)
- Shaping the Constitution: The Thirteenth Amendment
- An Overview of American Slavery Powerpoint
- An Overview of American Slavery Lesson (doc)
- Three Slaves Steering a Bateau, 1798, Watercolor
- An Advertisement for the Sale of Eleven Slaves, February 17, 1812
- Slave Cabin, Built ca. 1830, Photograph
- Written Permission for Amy, an Enslaved Woman, to Join a Church, August 13, 1838
- Song About Henry Box Brown's Escape from Slavery, 1849
- Bill of Sale for Two Slaves, January 25, 1854
- Dred Scott and His Family, June 27, 1857
- Carte-de-Visite of Waiting for the Hour, 1863
- Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
- Emancipation, Lithograph, 1865
- Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1865
- Virginia Memory Online Classroom
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The final instructional activity in a unit study of American slavery asks young historians to synthesize what they have learned about how slavery in America changed over time. Revisiting the many documents they have examined, they consider the economic, political, and human effects of the system.
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- Laminate the documents to permit reuse
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- Requires considerable prep time to create, mount, and post documents
- The final lesson in a six-part study of the events that led to the passing of the 13th Amendment
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- Includes step-by-step directions
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