Families In Bondage This two-part lesson plan draws on letters written by African Americans in slavery and by free blacks to loved ones still in bondage.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/families_bon...
Perspective on the Slave Narrative This lesson plan introduces students to one of the most widely-read genres of 19th-century American literature and an important influence within the African American literary tradition even today.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/slave_narrat...
Cultural Change Examine some of the arguments used to win the vote for American women.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/cultural_cha...
Who Was Cinque? This lesson plan focuses on Cinque, the leader of the 1839 Amistad revolt, drawing on a variety of documentary resources to examine how he was perceived by Americans on both sides of the debate over slavery.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/cinque.html
Attitudes Toward Emancipation Evaluate the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation; to trace the stages that led to Lincoln's formulation of this policy.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/emancipation...
Regulating Freedom of Speech To trace the judicial review process within the Supreme Court from determination of facts through oral argument.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/freedom_spee...
