Memorials and Meaning: Connecting to the Past Students will explore the historical and cultural meaning of memorials, with a focus on works and structures eulogizing the American Civil War. http: //thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/memorials...
Families In Bondage This two-part lesson plan draws on letters written by African Americans in slavery and by free blacks to loved ones still in bondage.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/families_bon...
Attitudes Toward Emancipation Evaluate the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation; to trace the stages that led to Lincoln's formulation of this policy.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/emancipation...
Cultural Change Examine some of the arguments used to win the vote for American women.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/cultural_cha...
Who Was Cinque? This lesson plan focuses on Cinque, the leader of the 1839 Amistad revolt, drawing on a variety of documentary resources to examine how he was perceived by Americans on both sides of the debate over slavery.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/cinque.html
