1. Beyond the Textbook:Exploring American History Newark Public Schools Teaching American History Grant Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History/Woestman
2. Schedule (3 Cohorts) Analyzing Visual Images Teaching and Learning Strategies for Visual Images Including ELL and Special Needs Using Historical Quotes Analyzing Memoirs and Diaries Analyzing Posters Block Scheduling
Gilder Lehrman Document Number: GLC04198 Title: [Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service] Author: unknown Year: 1863 Place: s. l. Type of document: Broadside Description: Color print depicting a Union soldier holding a United States flag with an attached banner declaring "Freedom to the Slave." In the background on one side, African American troops march holding a United States flag bearing the words "U. S. Regt. Colored Troops." On the other side, African Americans walk into a public school. The Union officer stands on a flag depicting a snake, while a slave tears the flag in half. On verso, a printed statement declares "All SLAVES were made FREEMEN BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1st, 1863. Come, then, able-bodied COLORED MEN, to the nearest United States Camp, and fight for the STARS AND STRIPES."
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Use a pair of each of the words above to write at least 4 sentences below that demonstrate your historical understanding of Reconstruction