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Secession
From: Digital Public Library of America
Grade Level: (HS), (College)
Remote Ready: With Modifications
Time: Depends Upon Chosen Lesson Plan
Length of Reading: Pages
Secession of the Southern States
The recommended "Classroom activity" (see heading at the bottom of the page) entails assigning groups to a particular state that seceded from the Union. The groups will analyze that state's secession doc and present on its main ideas as well as major happenings. Then the class discusses. Many state secession docs can be found on The Decision to Seceed site from the AHA.
The Secession of the Southern States page also lists 7 "Discussion ideas," each with links to 1 or 2 primary sources. There is also a research and presentation activity. You might use this as a choice board or pick the one(s) you like. You can, for example, compare speeches from Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln. Or you can compare the secession docs of South Carolina and Texas. There are shorter docs as well, a broadside and an lithograph for example.
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Grade Level: (HS), (College)
- The grade level wasn’t specified for this one, but we think it would be good for high school and college students
Remote Ready: With Modifications
- Links to the reading assignments can easily be emailed or posted for students
- Group work (pairs) might be difficult, though questions could be answered individually
- Paraphrase questions into your LMS so you can grade student’s written answers more easily
- Discussion can be had via typing on your LMS or over video conferencing
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This activity calls for working in pairs, a group, and/or having a class discussion
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