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Today, we are going to continue working with our Reconstruction chapter. We have learned about different laws that went into effect after the Civil War that both helped and hurt former slaves. We learned about the Black Codes and the Reconstruction Amendments. Now, let's take out our notebooks and write a few notes about the Freedman's Bureau.
Now, let's watch a video that discusses a little more about the history of education for African Americans. Click the link below and take notes as you watch!
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/grs3-307-los-angeles-freedmans-bureau-school/the-freedmans-bureau-school-genealogy-roadshow/
After you watch and take notes, look at the follow primary sources that show what school for newly freed African Americans looked like.
Today, we are going to continue working with our Reconstruction chapter. We have learned about different laws that went into effect after the Civil War that both helped and hurt former slaves. We learned about the Black Codes and the Reconstruction Amendments. Now, let's take out our notebooks and write a few notes about the Freedman's Bureau.
- Freedman's Bureau
- Agency within the War Department
- Helped African Americans make the transition to being free
- Distributed food & clothes
- Provided medical services
- Biggest success: Education
- Established schools staffed by teachers from the North
- By 1870 over 4,000 schools were started and 200,000 students attended
- Led the way for the public school system in the South
- Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida required schools to be integrated
- included both whites and African Americans in the school
- Laws were not always enforced
- Laws were not always enforced
- included both whites and African Americans in the school
- By 1870 over 4,000 schools were started and 200,000 students attended
- Gave aid to predominantly African American universities
- Established schools staffed by teachers from the North
- Helped freedmen get land, jobs, and earn fair wages
- Most common work was Sharecropping
- A landowner rented a plot of land to a farmer
- Farmer=sharecropper
- This sharecropper received seeds, tools, a shack, and a mule
- Sharecroppers shared a part of their crop with the landowner
- Farmer=sharecropper
- Many times this system was not much better than slavery
- A landowner rented a plot of land to a farmer
- Most common work was Sharecropping
- Helped African Americans make the transition to being free
- Agency within the War Department
Now, let's watch a video that discusses a little more about the history of education for African Americans. Click the link below and take notes as you watch!
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/grs3-307-los-angeles-freedmans-bureau-school/the-freedmans-bureau-school-genealogy-roadshow/
After you watch and take notes, look at the follow primary sources that show what school for newly freed African Americans looked like.
After studying these photos, listening to the video, and taking notes about the Freedman's Bureau and Education of newly freed slaves, do YOU think that African Americans were given all the opportunities they could have during Reconstruction? I want you to think about this question and answer using ACE. I'm very interested to hear what you think about this topic.
Once you are finished, write your 1/2 page (10 sentence) Primary Source Journal Entry!
Once you are finished, write your 1/2 page (10 sentence) Primary Source Journal Entry!