Imagine a war being fought to free slaves, with slaves on the front line. Scholars use primary documents, videos, and research in the second installment of a three-part series to guide their analysis of the first African-Americans on the battlefield in the Civil War. They examine the impact of black soldiers on society before and after the Civil War to see how they changed America forever.

Concepts

battles of the civil war, civil war, the united states civil war, the 54th regiment, african american history, african americans

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a scavenger hunt for classroom use including primary documents on African-Americans in the Civil War
• Preview the lesson with a clip from the movie Glory about the first black regiment in the Civil War

Classroom Considerations

• Be sure to consider all students' backgrounds

• This content requires Adobe Flash to view

Pros

• Includes printable Internet Scavenger Hunt to use in the classroom
• Primary source documents available via online resource

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.4 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.4 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.4