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Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation . Nancy Benyik Laurie Carideo Brianna Scott Tamara Stovall. Introduction. Introduction. Lincoln’s personal and political evolution Textbooks over simplify Lincoln’s view on slavery and racism Lincoln’s motives are arguable among sources
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Abraham Lincolnand the Emancipation Proclamation Nancy Benyik Laurie Carideo Brianna Scott Tamara Stovall
Introduction • Lincoln’s personal and political evolution • Textbooks over simplify Lincoln’s view on slavery and racism • Lincoln’s motives are arguable among sources • Students should be presented with the whole picture to understand Lincoln’s decisions and creation of Emancipation Proclamation “If textbooks recognized Lincoln’s racism, students would learn that racism not only affected Ku Klux Klan extremists but has been ‘normal’ throughout history” -Loewen, 2007, p. 182 Loewen, 2007; Peterson, 2002
Abraham Lincoln: Slavery and Racism • Affected Lincoln’s personal life • Politically Addressed • Kansas-Nebraska Act • Dred Scott Decision • House Divided Speech • Lincoln's Speech at New Haven - A Speech on Slavery • Lincoln Douglas Debates • Motives and views are arguable among sources History place, 1996; Loewen, 2012; Owens, 2004;Paterson, 2002
Emancipation Proclamation • Preliminary announced on September 22nd, 1862 • Mandated that the Confederacy had until January 1st to return to the Union, or forever forfeit its slaves • Initially freed approximately 200,000 slaves • Limitations • Only freed slaves in Confederate states Holzer, 2011; Peterson, 2002
Lesson Plan • Expansion of democracy in the United States. • Objectives • Popular sovereignty • Racism • Emancipation Proclamation • Standards: Social Studies and ELA Literacy • Context: Gen. Ed. Inclusive
References History Place, The. (1996). The history place presents Abraham Lincoln. Retrieved from http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/ Loewen, J.W. (2007). Lies my teacher told me: Everything your American history textbook got wrong. New York: Simon & Schuster. Peterson, B. (2002). Presidents and slaves – Helping students find the truth. ZinnEducation Project. Accessed at: http://zinnedproject.org/posts/564