We finished looking at the Emancipation Proclamtion then we transitioned to the Gettysburg address.
We watched this video clip: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-civil-war-the-civil-war-the-gettysburg-address/
We then talked about the speech and it how focused on America actually "giving birth" to a new country of liberty. We finished out the CIvil war after that and students had the last quickwrite of the unit.
Final Quickwrite:
What problems would America face now that close to 4 million slaves are suddenly free in the South?
What problems do you think you would have as a freed slave?
How could the North punish the South to avoid another succession? (keeping in mind they are also welcoming them back to America)
