deja+sponge





Introduction: Even though Abraham Lincoln signed the Emanicipation Proclamation to free the slaves, African Americans were still considered slaves.Also the proclomation didnt free all slaves in the U.S. it olny freed the ones that weren't under union control. What if he never freed the slaves? What would life be like now for them? Task: Imagine you were an African American, if the south had won the war and you were still a slave, what would your life be like after the war? Make a poster board with illustrations of what labor would be like after the war, describe your life as a slave after the war and would you do anything about it? Would you speak up? Why or why not?

Process: 1.What was slavery? [] 2. What was the emanicipation proclomation? What did it do? [] 3.How did slaves get free in the first place? [] 4.What was the name of the war that we fought that killed so many americans and also freed slaves? [] 5.What was slavery like for blacks during th war? [] evaluation:


 * ~  ||< 5 ||< 4 ||< 3 ||< 2 ||< 1 ||
 * < organization ||< Very well organized. has finished thoughts not scattered everywhere ||< thoughts where a little scattered hard to read ||< didnt finish ||< didnt really do anything ||< did absolutely nothing ||
 * < ideas ||< had very creative ideas gave all the information and then some ||< weren't so creative and had the information ||< Ideas ok and left off some information ||< ok ideas but seemed like they didnt get to finish ||< very poor ideas and gave slim to none ideas ||
 * < quality of the work ||< exellent ||< good ||< ok ||< poor ||< looked like a little kid had done it ||
 * < creativity ||< excellent ,looks like you used your brain ||< good,thought of really good things ||< ok, could have been more original ||< poor, had someone else do it or just copied their work ||< very poor,copied and pasted from the internet didnt try at all ||
 * < neatness ||< can tell what every thing is and looks like you spent time doing it ||< could tell where things were but looked like you could have spent a little more time doing it ||< could kind of read everything looked like you didnt really spend alot of time on it ||< could barly read the assignment and looked like you did it in one day or less ||< looked like a 4 year old did it and seemed like you did it in less than 5 minutes ||

conclusion: If slavery would still be around today our lifes would be so much different. We wouldn't know some of our friends just because one persons skin is a different color than the other ones. So imagine you are an african american, and the south had won the war and you were still a slave, what would your life be like after the war? Make a poster board with illistration of what labor would be like after the war, describe your life as a slave after the war and would you do anything about it? Would you speak up? Why or why not?