11th Emancipation Inquiry Does It Matter Who Freed the Slaves? Ed Hamilton, statue honoring the service of African Americans during the War, African American Civil War Memorial (also known as the Spirit of Freedom), 1997. Photo by Peter Fitzgerald. Creative Commons Supporting Questions What legal steps were taken to end slavery? What arguments do historians make about who ended slavery? What are the implications of the debate over who slavery? 11th Grade Emancipation Inquiry Does It Matter Who the Slaves? 11.3 EXPANSION, NATIONALISM, AND SECTIONALISM (1800–1865): As the nation expanded, growing New York sectional tensions, especially over slavery, resulted in political and constitutional crises that culminated in the Social Studies Civil War. Framework Key Idea & Gathering, Using, and Interpreting Evidence Chronological Reasoning and Causation Practices Comparison and Contextualization Staging the Read and discuss excerpts from the Washington Post article Emancipation Day in D.C., Two Memorials Tell “On Question Very Different Stories” and view images of the Emancipation Memorial and the African American Civil War Memorial. Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 What steps were taken to end What arguments do historians make What are the implications of the slavery? about who ended slavery? debate over who ended slavery? Formative Formative Formative Performance Task Performance Task Performance Task Create an annotated timeline that Construct a T-chart that contrasts Develop an evidence-based claim that describes steps taken from 1861 to arguments that Lincoln freed the slaves explains the implications of the debate 1865 to end slavery. with arguments that the slaves freed over who ended slavery. themselves.
11th Emancipation Inquiry Does It Matter Who Freed the Slaves? Ed Hamilton, statue honoring the service of African Americans during the War, African American Civil War Memorial (also known as the Spirit of Freedom), 1997. Photo by Peter Fitzgerald. Creative Commons Supporting Questions What legal steps were taken to end slavery? What arguments do historians make about who ended slavery? What are the implications of the debate over who slavery? 11th Grade Emancipation Inquiry Does It Matter Who the Slaves? New York Social Studies Framework Key Idea & Practices 11.3 EXPANSION, NATIONALISM, AND SECTIONALISM (1800–1865): As the nation expanded, growing sectional tensions, especially over slavery, resulted in political and constitutional crises that culminated in the Civil War. Gathering, Using, and Interpreting Evidence Chronological Reasoning and Causation Comparison and Contextualization Staging the Question Read and discuss excerpts from the Washington Post article “On Emancipation Day in D.C., Two Memorials Tell Very Different Stories” and view images of the Emancipation Memorial and the African American Civil War Memorial. Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 What steps were taken to end slavery? What arguments do historians make about who ended slavery? What are the implications of the debate over who ended slavery? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Create an annotated timeline that describes steps taken from 1861 to 1865 to end slavery. Construct a T-chart that contrasts arguments that Lincoln freed the slaves with arguments that the slaves freed themselves. Develop an evidence-based claim that explains the implications of the debate over who ended slavery.
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