Civil War Curriculum Resources and Websites for Teaching the Civil War. Cropsouth.JPG (520×432) Plantation_land0001.JPG (1362×848) Solomon Northup. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative ofSolomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in1841, and Rescued in 1853. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853: Electronic Edition.
Solomon Northup (b. 1808) Text scanned (OCR) by Christopher Gwyn Text encoded by Natalia Smith First edition, 1997. ca. 700K Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997. © This work is the property of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Call number E444 .N87 (Wilson Annex, UNC-CH) The electronic edition is a part of the UNC-CH digitization project, Documenting the American South. Library of Congress Subject Headings, 19th edition, 1996 1997-02-19, Natalia Smith, project editor, finished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing.1997-02-02, Cristopher Gwyn finished scanning (OCR) and proofing.
Cowper. Page vii EDITOR'S PREFACE, . . . . 15 CHAPTER I. Era 5 (1850-1877)|Teach American History. Select Teacher Resources items below: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) To view an essay, click on the title. Larger files may take some time to load. New essays coming soon Introductory Essay Mini-Essays The Toils and Opportunities of War: Letters of a Michigan Chaplain in Civil War East Tennessee To Make Amends: Tennessee's 128-Year Post Ratification of the 15th Amendment "An Aristocracy of Sex": Susan B. Political Cartoons of the Civil War Reconstruction Era Cartoons Powerpoints Civil War Politicial Cartoons Teaching American History · 601 S.
Slave songs. Learning outcomes Students will: demonstrate an understanding of the role of religion in the lives of slaves. Evaluate major themes surrounding the issue of religion and slavery. Teacher planning Time required for lesson 20-30 minutes Technology resources Computer lab or individual student computers Access to Documenting the American South resources Microsoft Word Pre-activities Have students read An Introduction to the Church in the Southern Black Community. Activities Allow students to casually search through William Francis Allen’s Slave Songs of the U.S.
Assessment Assess students based on their ability to complete the aspects of the assignment above. Lesson Plan Titles. African American History Lesson Plans The African American Experience in NC after Reconstruction The documents included in this lesson come from "The North Carolina Experience" collection of Documenting the American South and specifically focus on African Americans and race relations in the early 20th century. The lesson juxtaposes accounts that relate to both the positive improvements of black society and arguments against advancement.
Combined these primary sources and the accompanying lesson plan could be used as a Document Based Question (DBQ) in an advanced US history or African American history course. Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities In this lesson, students will listen to three oral histories that shed light on political and personal reactions toward the 1954 Supreme Court ruling Brown versus Board of Education.
Though the ruling itself is not mentioned, words like "integration" and "forced busing" refer to the social outcomes as perceived by the speakers. IB History of the Americas - Mr. Slingerland's History Site. Gilder Lehrman Center | Teachers. Slavery and Freedom in American History and Memory. Home | Events | Resources | Information | Gilder Lehrman Center Slavery and Freedom in American History and Memory Online Resources The Revolution Gone Backward Online Resources to supplement the April 27, 2007 workshop "The Revolution Gone Backward: The Memory of Reconstruction in African American Thought" From Moral Suasion to Political Confrontation Online Resources to supplement the February 27, 2007 workshop "From Moral Suasion to Political Confrontation: American Abolitionists and the Problem of Resistance " General Online Resources on U.S.
An annotated list of online resources for the study and teaching of U.S. Slavery and Emancipation in Western Culture Online Resources to supplement David Brion Davis's February 2, 2006, workshop "Slavery and Freedom in New England: The Colonial and Early Revolutionary Era" A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave Trade Slavery and Freedom in New England. Gilder Lehrman Center | Online Resources. Plantation Life. Plantations had been used with great effect long before the Europeans settled in the Americas.
Sugar cane plantations, for example, had thrived around the Mediterranean in the late Middle Ages, supplying an expensive sweetener for Europe's élites. So when European merchants and adventurers began to sail and trade around the Atlantic, they took the plantation model with them and transplanted it into a string of new settlements – above all, in sugar. The plantation model The Spanish and Portuguese first began sugar cultivation on plantations on the Atlantic islands – the Canaries, Cape Verde and Madeira – then on São Tomé and Principe in the Gulf of Guinea. But the giant leap in the popularity of the plantation model occurred with the transfer of it to the Americas. Columbus carried sugar cane on his second transatlantic voyage in 1493.
The rise of the Brazilian sugar industry in the 16th century confirmed the importance of the plantation. The demand for slave labour Levels of skill Religion. Slave Life on a Cotton Plantation, 1845. Slave Life on a Cotton Plantation, 1845 From Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller, 1853, p. 163-171. He had been a driver and overseer in his younger years, but at this time was in possession of a plantation on Bayou Huff Power, two and a half miles from Holmesville, eighteen from Marksville, and twelve from Cheneyville.
It belonged to Joseph B. Roberts, his wife's uncle, and was leased by Epps. The ground is prepared by throwing up beds or ridges, with the plough&151;back-furrowing, it is called. The beds, or ridges, are six feet wise, that is, from water furrow to water furrow. In the latter part of August begins the cotton picking season. When a new hand, one unaccustomed to the business, is sent for the first time into the field, he is whipped up smartly, and made for that day to pick as fast as he can possibly. An ordinary day's work is two hundred pounds. There are few sights more pleasant to the eye, than a wide cotton field when it is in bloom. Life on a Southern Plantation, 1854. Life on a Southern Plantation, 1854 The moral inconsistency of slavery existing within a nation founded upon the sanctity of individual freedom was well recognized in the early days of America's history. All 13 colonies legalized slavery at the beginning of America's War of Independence in 1775.
By the time the nation's Constitution was ratified 13 years later; five states had abolished the practice. In the late 18th century the slaves of the South fueled an economic engine based on tobacco. Eli Whitney (a Northerner) changed all this in 1792 when he invented the cotton gin. As cotton gained economic supremacy in the South, the North was transforming itself into an urbanized, industrial society with economic interests at variance with those of the South.
It was in this atmosphere that writer Frederick Olmsted made a number of trips through the South in the 1850s publishing his observations in the New York Daily Times (soon to become the New York Times) and later as three books. Slavery and the Making of America . The Slave Experience: Living. In the mid-nineteenth century, journals were published to enable more efficient plantation management. These books included formatted calendars, lists, and charts, which planters or overseers could use to record information specific to their farms and estates. As journals and other documents show us, life on plantations could vary widely for slaves. Departments.mercer.edu/sst/Cotton Plantation Unit.pdf. The Southern Studies program at Mercer University examines the complex history and culture of the U.S. South. The program offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate major that studies the region from multiple perspectives including courses in African American studies, English, history, political science, and cultural studies.
The program also offers Southern Semester, a unique opportunity for students from American and international universities to learn about and to experience the people, history, and culture of the U.S. South. The program hosts the Lamar Memorial Lecture Series, the most prestigious scholarly lectures on southern history, literature, and culture. The Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature recognizes significant career contribution to southern writing.