https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun A Teaching American History Project with the Loudoun County Public Schools Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:20:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/reward-valuable-slaves/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/reward-valuable-slaves/#respond Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:44:25 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=625 In this lesson students will examine run-away slave advertisements and slave auction broadsides to get an understanding of how enslaved African Americans were viewed during the time of slavery. Students will be put in small groups and using the documents …

]]> In this lesson students will examine run-away slave advertisements and slave auction broadsides to get an understanding of how enslaved African Americans were viewed during the time of slavery. Students will be put in small groups and using the documents will answer primary source activities. Each group will present and discuss their documents with the whole class. Then students will write “I Am” poems from the perspective of the slaves in their document.

]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/reward-valuable-slaves/feed/ 0 https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/war-and-poetry/ https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/war-and-poetry/#respond Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:23:06 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=497 Students will analyze the points of view and opinions of war by examining poetry from the corresponding time period. …

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]]> https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/war-and-poetry/feed/ 0 https://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/reconstruction/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:50:41 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/?post_type=lessons&p=380 The topic of this lesson is Reconstruction and the subsequent attempts to help newly freed African Americans adjust to, and sustain their freedom. The students will investigate various ways the government tried to help these citizens and assess the effectiveness …

]]> The topic of this lesson is Reconstruction and the subsequent attempts to help newly freed African Americans adjust to, and sustain their freedom. The students will investigate various ways the government tried to help these citizens and assess the effectiveness of these efforts. At the same time students will look at other sources leading up to the Jim Crow laws. The central point of investigation in this lesson is to interpret the change in the tone of Reconstruction from one that was more positive in nature- to help the former slaves, to one that was more negative- that reverted African Americans back into a condition that was all too similar to their situation prior to the Civil War.

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