2011 draft Black History packet

Black History Instructional

Resource Packet

"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, U.S., let him get an

eagle on his band a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pockets, and there is

no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to

THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA

Patricia Good, Chair

Donna P. Korn, Vice Chair

Robin Bartleman

Heather P. Brinkworth

Abby M. Freedman

Laurie Rich Levinson

Ann Murray

Dr. Rosalind Osgood

Nora Rupert

Mr. Robert W. Runice

Superintendent of Schools

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Section I

Overview

Section II

African American Reference Resources

o Elementary

o Secondary

Section III

Lesson Plans and Activities

o History of African Americans in the Civil War

o You Be the Historians!

o A Bleak Future for Freedmen

o Teaching with Documents: Black Soldiers in the Civil War

Section IV

Additional Lesson Plans and Activities

o Segregation in Transportation

o President Obama

o A Time to Reap for Foot Soldiers of Civil Rights

o Martin Luther King, Jr.

o Famous Black Americans

o I Have a Dream and Civil Rights

o Inspired by Freedom and the King Legacy

o Additional K-12 Activities to Celebrate

Section V

Anti-Discrimination Policy

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The Association of African American Life and History (ASALAH), which was founded

by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, develops the annual Black History Month theme. Each

year, ASALAH also produces a publication of scholarly works related to the national

theme.

Background from ASALAH



The Black History Theme

AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CIVIL WAR

In 1861, as the United States stood at the brink of Civil War, people of

African descent, both enslaved and free persons, waited with a watchful

eye. They understood that a war between the North and the South might

bring about jubilee--the destruction of slavery and universal freedom. When

the Confederacy fired upon Fort Sumter and war ensued, President Abraham

Lincoln maintained that the paramount cause was to preserve the Union, not

end slavery. Frederick Douglass, the most prominent black leader, opined

that regardless of intentions, the war would bring an end to slavery,

America¡¯s ¡°peculiar institution.¡±

Over the course of the war, the four million people of African descent in

the United States proved Douglass right. Free and enslaved blacks rallied

around the Union flag in the cause of freedom. From the cotton and tobacco

fields of the South to the small towns and big cities of the North, nearly

200,000 joined the Grand Army of the Republic and took up arms to destroy

the Confederacy. They served as recruiters, soldiers, nurses, and spies,

and endured unequal treatment, massacres, and riots as they pursued

their quest for freedom and equality. Their record of service speaks for

itself, and Americans have never fully

realized

how

their

efforts

saved

the

Union.

In honor of the efforts of people of African descent to destroy slavery and

inaugurate universal freedom in the United States, the Association for the

Study of African Civil War¡± as the 2011 National Black History Theme. We

urge all Americans to study and reflect on the value of their contributions to

the nation.

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