Alabama Social Studies SS24.4.14d
The Standard
- SS24.4.14
- Evaluate how key figures contributed to events that shaped the United States’ victory in the Civil War.
Summarize events that marked the conclusion of the Civil War, including the assassination of President Lincoln, the surrender of Confederate armies, the spread of emancipation, and Emancipation and Juneteenth celebrations in Alabama and other states.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students build a timeline of the war's final months. They explain why Lee's surrender did not mean every Confederate army had surrendered. They place Lincoln's assassination on the timeline and explain why news of freedom reached some people later.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student places Lee's surrender before Lincoln's assassination and Juneteenth. They explain that other Confederate armies surrendered later and that news and enforcement of freedom spread unevenly. They can describe how a community in Alabama marks emancipation.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think Lee's surrender ended all fighting that day. Others think the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed every enslaved person immediately, or that Juneteenth marks the day Lincoln issued it.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, have students order these cards: 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, Lee's April 9 surrender, Lincoln's April 14 assassination, Johnston's April 26 surrender, and June 19 news in Texas. Ask why the June 19 news came later.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs five dated event cards and a strip of paper; have them build a timeline and add one sentence about delayed freedom.
Ask students to write two sentences answering: Why did Juneteenth come more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation?
Play a matching game with event cards and result cards, including Lee's surrender, Lincoln's assassination, and the June 19 announcement in Texas.
Print Juneteenth event flyers from Alabama and Texas; have students circle two ways people celebrate emancipation in each place.
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