Unit 4: Slavery, the Legacy of the Civil War, and the Struggle for Civil Rights for All

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?”

Lesson 5:  The Republican Party and Slavery

Lesson 6:  Election and Secession: The Start of the Civil War

Lesson 7: African Americans and the Civil War

Lesson 8: The Union’s Goals Shift

Lesson 9: The Gettysburg Address: Fighting for a “More Perfect Union"

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 

Lesson 16: The Civil Rights Movement: Why the 1950s?

Lesson 17: Key Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement

Lesson 18: The Children’s March

Lesson 19: Casting a Vote

Lesson 20: Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement

Teacher Guidance

Student Handout: African-American Activist, Activist for the Civil Rights of Other Groups