Today’s Walking Classroom podcast focuses on the Emancipation Proclamation – President Abraham Lincoln’s document that basically said slavery was illegal and if slaves from the South escaped or were freed by Northern troops, the slave would be considered a free person and would not be returned to his previous owner. The Proclamation was an important factor in the Union’s victory in the Civil War because many freed slaves joined the Northern armies.
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L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RH.6-8.3, RH.6-8.4
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Quiz: (Make sure you're already logged into your Gmail account, then click to copy this Google form to your Google Drive. Quiz keys are here.)
Emancipation Proclamation Google Quiz
Slide Deck:
Emancipation Proclamation Slide Deck
Discusses the telegraph, as used by Lincoln to communicate with his troops, the media, and his opponents.
Test your knowledge of the Emancipation Proclamation with this online quiz from The American Battlefield Trust.
Research an assigned prominent public figure during the Civil War period and role play a public hearing debating the Emancipation Proclamation in this project from Lincoln Financial Group.
Organize main issues with a graphic organizer then write essay about how the Emancipation Proclamation changed the Civil War in this activity from the American Battlefield Trust.
Summarize main ideas of paragraphs of Emancipation Proclamation, cut the paragraphs out, and place them in logical order in this civilwar.org activity.
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