The Freedmen’s Bureau

Amendment Review I will show some scenarios. Your goal is to guess the correct Amendment that is being violated or broken.

#1 Bernie lives in the South after the Civil War. As he is trying to leave the plantation where he used to be a slave, his plantation owner Billy Bob stops him and says, “I paid for you, you are my slave, you must stay!” What Amendment is Billy Bob breaking?

Answer 13th!!! Billy Bob can not tell anyone to be a slave! Slavery became unconstitutional with the 13th Amendment!!

#2 An elderly man named Larry walks up to the voting booth. Betty, the person that works at the voting place says, “Go away old man, you can’t vote here!” What Amendment is Betty breaking?

Answer 15th Amendment! According to the 15th Amendment, all men have the right to vote no matter of age or race!

#3 A man decides that he needs people to work at a factory, but he can’t pay them. He decides to force his employees to work without paying them a single dollar. What amendment is the man breaking?

Answer The 13th Amendment - The man cannot force people to work for free!

#4 Josue and his wife Erika are from Honduras. After their honeymoon, they moved to Memphis and they had a beautiful baby girl named Gizelle. Gizelle was not accepted into a daycare center because the school said only U.S. citizens can attend. What amendment did the school violate?

Answer The 14th Amendment says anyone born in the U.S. is a U.S. citizen

Introduction Stop and Jot If you are a newly freed slave, what things would you need? – write a list with a partner on the back of your do now, prepare to share out.

Freedmen’s Bureau

Objective IWBAT analyze the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau and explain what services the Freedmen’s Bureau offered. Agenda: Notes (15 min) Video (10 min) Review questions (5 min) 1 Day Project 15 (min) Exit Ticket (5 min) Agenda:

South After the Civil War The South was destroyed by the Civil War. Cities were burned down. Plantations were destroyed by all of the fighting.

The South After the Civil War

Ex-Slaves The Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment gave the slaves their freedom!

The Slaves are Free! Did the slaves now have homes? Yay! The slaves are free! However.... Did the slaves now have homes? Did the slaves now have a job? Did the slaves now have a way to get medicine if they are sick?

The Ex-Slaves Did the slaves have any of those things? NO!

So what would you do if you were part of the U. S So what would you do if you were part of the U.S. Government and in charge of solving this problem?

The Freedman’s Bureau President of the United States Abraham Lincoln and Congress decided to help the freed slaves by setting up the Freedmen’s Bureau.

Freedman’s Bureau The Freedmen’s Bureau was a government organization set up to help freed slaves get an education, job, healthcare, and the skills needed to start a new life!

Freedman’s Bureau The Freedmen’s Bureau main purpose was to help former slaves.

Freedman’s Bureau The Freedmen’s Bureau was part of Reconstruction. Reconstruction was the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War!

Freedman’s Bureau - Healthcare The Freedmen’s Bureau tried to set up new hospitals and clinics to help those people that were sick. Many former slaves needed a doctor because they went their entire lives without getting any medicine for bad health problems.

Jobs The Freedmen’s Bureau also helped former slaves get jobs. Former slaves did not have jobs because they were now free from their plantations. They needed jobs to support their families!

Freedmen’s Bureau Jobs

Turn and Talk What type of jobs do you think were available for freedmen?

Education The Freemen’s Bureau also helped build schools for African Americans and former slaves. These schools were very important because a lot of African Americans did not know how to read, or do any math!

Education One of the first schools for African Americans built by the Freedmen’s Bureau.

Review 1. What did the South look like after the Civil War 2. Did the freed slaves have a job, healthcare, or an education after the Civil War? 3. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Review What is Reconstruction? 5. Did the former slaves have jobs after the Civil War? 6. The Freedmen’s Bureau helped people’s healthcare by setting up _____________________ and giving freed slaves ______________________. 8. The Freedmen’s Bureau helped former slaves get _______________________ to help support their families.

Review Did the former slaves have an education after the Civil War? _________________ 10. The Freedmen’s Bureau helped to set up __________________________ for former slaves that had never had an education.

Project You are working for the Freedmen’s Bureau. Design a poster that advertises to freed slaves all of the ways that the Freedmen’s Bureau can help them! Remember former slaves cannot read that well so make sure they will understand your poster.

Advertisement Rubric Categories 4 3 2 1 Content Accuracy The ad is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness. The ad is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness. The poster is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy. The poster is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive. Content relevance At least 5 accurate facts are displayed on the poster. 3-4 accurate facts are displayed on the poster. 1-2 accurate facts are displayed on the poster. No accurate facts are displayed on the poster. Graphics Relevance All graphics are related to the topic and make it easier to understand. All graphics are related to the topic and most make it easier to understand. All graphics relate to the topic Graphics do not relate to the topic.