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African American Studies

Goal 4: The learner will analyze the roles of African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Objective 4.03. Analyze the effects of Reconstruction on the legal, political, social, cultural, educational, and economic life of freedmen.

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We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Exploring the church in the southern black community
Students explore the Documenting the American South Collection titled, the “Church in the Southern Black Community.” Beginning with a historian's interpretation of the primary sources that make up the collection, students search the collection for evidence to describe the experiences of African Americans living in the south during the Antebellum through the Reconstruction Period centering on their community churches. The activity culminates in student presentations of a digital scrap book.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Social Studies)
By Meghan Mcglinn.