Unit 4: Slavery, the Legacy of the Civil War, and the Struggle for Civil Rights for All
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Cluster 1: The Abolitionist Movement (Lessons 1-4)
How did the abolitionist movement work to create a “more perfect union?”
Cluster 1: The Abolitionist Movement (Lessons 1-4)
How did the abolitionist movement work to create a “more perfect union?”
Lesson 1: North and South: Union and Division before the Civil War
Lessons 2-4: Inquiry Cycle: How Did the Abolitionist Movement Work to Create a “More Perfect Union?”
Cluster 2: The Civil War (Lessons 5-9)
Why did the Union’s goals change during the first two years of the Civil War?
Cluster 2: The Civil War (Lessons 5-9)
Why did the Union’s goals change during the first two years of the Civil War?
Cluster 3: Progress and Backlash After the Civil War (Lessons 10-15)
How were civil rights for African Americans expanded, protected and challenged after the Civil War?
Cluster 3: Progress and Backlash After the Civil War (Lessons 10-15)
How were civil rights for African Americans expanded, protected and challenged after the Civil War?
Lesson 10: The Promise of the Union’s Victory
Lesson 11: Expanding and Protecting African American Civil Rights
Lesson 12: Economic Freedom and the Realities of Sharecropping
Lesson 13: The Jim Crow Era: Is Separate Really Equal?
Lesson 14: Support and Unity in the Black Community during the Jim Crow South
Lesson 15: The NAACP: Organizing Black Resistance
Cluster 4: The Making of the Civil Rights Movement (Lessons 16-20)
Why and how did activists take action to advance civil rights for all in the 20th century?
Cluster 4: The Making of the Civil Rights Movement (Lessons 16-20)
Why and how did activists take action to advance civil rights for all in the 20th century?
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