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Zeal for Teaching: Reconstruction in Port Royal, South Carolina Lesson PlanZeal for Teaching: Reconstruction in Port Royal, South Carolina Lesson Plan
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Zeal for Teaching: Reconstruction in Port Royal, South Carolina

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High schoolers discuss the story of Port Royal, South Carolina and the enthusiasm about the notion that African Americans be educated. They search a Reconstruction archive to find documents supporting the importance of education for freed slaves.

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slavery, south carolina

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education, slaves, south carolina, social studies
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Research

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