1. Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation Nancy Benyik Laurie Carideo Brianna Scott Tamara Stovall

2. Introduction

3. 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 Loewen, 2007; Peterson, 2002 “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

4. Abraham Lincoln

5. Abraham Lincoln: Slavery and Racism Affected Lincoln’s personal life Politically Addressed – Kansas-Nebraska Act Kansas-Nebraska Act – Dred Scott Decision Dred Scott Decision – House Divided Speech House Divided Speech – Lincoln's Speech at New Haven - A Speech on Slavery Lincoln's Speech at New Haven - A Speech on Slavery – Lincoln Douglas Debates Lincoln Douglas Debates Motives and views are arguable among sources History place, 1996; Loewen, 2012; Owens, 2004;Paterson, 2002

6. Emancipation Proclamation

7. Preliminary announced on September 22 nd, 1862 Mandated that the Confederacy had until January 1 st 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

8. Teaching Narrative

9. Lesson Plan Apart of a Union on U.S. democracy Objectives Standards Context

10. Lesson Flow Activate Prior Knowledge Problem Hypothesis Analysis Cooperative learning Differentiate process Research Synthesis Application Differentiate product Conclusion Homework Unit test Assessment

11. Differentiation

12. References History Place, The. (1996). The history place presents Abraham Lincoln. Retrieved from http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/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. Zinn Education Project. Accessed at: http://zinnedproject.org/posts/564http://zinnedproject.org/posts/564

13. Questions?