Lesson 12: A New Birth of Freedom Primary Source Lesson
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will interpret primary source documents using past AP US History tests
What benefits does Douglass think blacks will derive from service in the Union army?
What does Lincoln identify as the essential difference between norther and southern definitions of freedom?
While both men desire the end of slavery, are there subtle differences in how they seem to understand freedom?
HS.SS.2C - 2C. Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems by engaging in self-reflection, strategy identification, and reasoning.
Students will read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass's "Men of Color to Arms" and Abraham Lincoln's "Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore".
Teacher will guide discussion on the documents.
Class discussion
Two readings in Foner