2011 draft Black History packet - Broward County Public ...

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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