Think about it…

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?

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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

Robert Smalls

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54th Massachusetts Regiment

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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

Documents

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