Emancipation Proclamation - Lesson

1 Hour lesson for KS4 Edexcel GCSE History module: The American West c.1835-c.1895, introducing the Emancipation Proclamation and analysing its effect on the American Civil War.

Accessible for all ability groups and the resources are easily differentiated for more and less academically able students.

(Edexcel GCSE, 9-1, History The American West, c1835-c1895 Student Book required to facilitate learning)

This lesson includes…

• Mix and Match Starter - Consolidating key word knowledge.
• Source Analysis - Showing the different uses of African American sldiers in the Union Army.
• Quote Analysis of Lincoln - Exploring his motives for slave emancipation and the Civil War.
• Picture Annotating Exercise - Recording the regments, roles, key dates and inequalities of a black union soldier.
• Mindmap Exercise - For opportunities for freed slaves in the South.
• Question and Discussion Activity - Using three short videos to facillitate teaching of conscription.
• PEE Paragraph Plenary to consolidate learning.