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Lesson 11: How did lives
of African Americans and Native Americans change after the Civil war?
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Tasks
1. Sort document by subject and positive and negative changes
2. Sort by impact - political, economic, social
3. Write a letter to the editor detailing your position on the status of Blacks
of Native Americans in this time period.
4. Design a Venn Diagram which details the positive and negative changes for
Blacks of Native Americans in this time period.
5. Document My World - Write a letter to the editor about the status of Blacks
of Native Americans today
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Possible Documents
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Format |
Subject |
| African
Americans |
| Doc 1
The Union as it was
The lost cause, worse than slavery |
etching |
Thomas Nast,- the klan |
| Doc 2
First vote |
image |
The first vote |
| doc 3
The two platforms |
image |
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| Doc 4
Morris Brothers minstrels from
Boston |
image |
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| Doc 5
The miscegenation ball |
political cartoon |
blacks and whites dancing |
| Doc 6
The aristocracy of color |
image |
satire on blacks and animals |
| Doc 20
What Miscegenation is! |
image |
anti-Lincoln inter-racial kiss |
| Doc 41 Miscegenation or
the millennium of abolitionism |
political cartoon |
The
second in a series of anti-Lincoln
satires |
| Doc 7
Johnson's Love for the Black
Soldier |
political cartoon |
Side 2 |
| Doc 8
“Emancipation,” by Thomas Nast |
wood engraving |
Harper’s Weekly, January 24, 1863,
p.56-57. |
| Doc 9 “Uncle
Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner by Nast |
wood engraving |
Harper’s Weekly,
November 20, 1869, p.745 |
| Doc 10
“The
Ignorant Vote—Honors Are Easy,” by Nast |
wood engraving |
Harper’s Weekly,
December 9, 1876, cover. |
| Doc 18
Old Slave Quarters |
Photo |
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| Doc 19
Historical geography |
Map |
Shows development of two traditions "Then
Blessing of Liberty" form Plymouth and "God's Curse Slavery"
from Jamestown |
| Doc 20
Afro-American
Monument |
Lithograph |
or Tennessee Centennial
Exposition 1897 |
| Doc 21
History class,
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama |
photo |
blacks in classroom |
| Doc 22
Ise
de happiest little coon in de cotton field |
stereopticon |
happy black child picking cotton
See
PDF image |
| Doc 23
True
sons of freedom |
Lithograph |
heroic black soldiers in
WWI |
| Doc 24
Radical members South
Carolina legislature |
photomontage |
Radical members of the first legislature after
the war, South Carolina - shows black legislators |
| Doc 25
Southern Black Codes regulating black laborers |
text |
enslave newly freed blacks |
| Doc 26
Northern journalist, James S. Pike, a writes about the 1873 legislature in
South Carolina |
text |
black parliament - stupid and
corrupt |
| Doc 27
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina discusses white reaction to
reconstruction. |
text |
southern violence was justified |
| Doc 28
Federal grand jury reports on Klan activity in South Carolina. |
text |
detail the activities of the Klan |
| Native
Americans |
| Doc 11
The nation's ward |
cartoon |
Cartoon showing a snake portrayed as a Native American
coiled around a pioneer family, |
| Doc 12
The reason of the Indian outbreak
General Miles declares that the Indians are starved into rebellion. |
cartoon |
corrupt federal agents starve Indians See
PFD image |
| Doc 13 "Move on!" Has the
Native American no rights that the naturalized American is bound to
respect? |
cartoon |
By Nast - no votes for native Americans |
| Doc 14
An Indian agency - distributing rations |
etching |
harpers weekly illus of agency handout |
| Doc 15
Lo the poor Indian Oh why does
the White man follow my path! |
cartoon |
ridicule drunken Indian |
| Doc 16
Native Americans during
mathematics class at Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
photo |
assimilate and educate the Indians |
| Doc 17
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and
congress of rough riders of the world A congress of
American
Indians |
poster |
Buffalo Bill fights the wild Indians See
PDF image |
| Doc 29 First Indian Eagle
Scouts in US |
photo |
Thomas Indian School - Clarence Blueye and Frank
Beauvais - |
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Plus LOC collection of
images
Images of African-American Slavery and Freedom
Photographs of
African Americans During the Civil War
LOC collection From
Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909
summary and teaching resources
From NEH Edsitement
Slave
Narratives: Constructing U.S. History Through Analyzing Primary Sources
The realities of slavery and Reconstruction hit home in poignant oral histories
from the Library of Congress. In these activities, students research narratives
from the Federal Writers' Project and describe the lives of former African
slaves in the U.S. -- both before and after emancipation. From varied stories,
students sample the breadth of individual experiences, make generalizations
about the effects of slavery and Reconstruction on African Americans, and
evaluate primary source documents.
Perspective
on the Slave Narrative
Trace the elements of history, literature, polemic, and autobiography in the
1847 Narrative of William W. Brown, An American Slave.
Families
in Bondage
Learn how slavery shattered family life through the letters of those whose loved
ones were taken away or left behind.
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