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    PROJECT 6: POST-CIVIL WAR CHOICES:
    Ex-Slave Settlements
    vs.
    Colonization of Liberia

    By Suzanne Averitt

     

    ACTIVITY #3

    Students Studying Liberia:

    Students will use websites such as: www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/libhtml/liberia.html and www.prodigy.net/jtell/Liberia.htm . Through their research, they will answer the following questions:

    1. Why did certain people in the United States want to send the ex-slaves back to Africa? (NGS 9, 12, & 13; CSSS- V,VI, X)
    2. What did the American Colonization Society have to do to find a home for the ex-slaves who were returning to Africa? (NCSCOS-8.2, 8.4)
    3. How was life different for the ex-slaves after they went to Liberia? (NCSCOS-1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 5.1, 5.2, 9.1, 9.3, 9.5, 11.2; NGS- 4; CSSS-I, IV)
    4. Describe life for modern day Liberians. (NCSCOS- 12.1, 12.2, 12.3)

    Students Studying Settlements in the United States:

    Students will use websites such as: www.core.ecu.edu/hist/cecelskid/links.htm and www.docsouth.unc.edu.neh/neh.html as well as newspaper articles and local archives to investigate ex-slave settlements in the south, especially James City, North Carolina.

    Through their research, they should be able to answer the following questions:

    1. Why did ex-slaves migrate to common locations and was that helpful or harmful for them? In what ways. (NGS-6, 9, 12; CSSS-I, IV, V, VI, X; NCSCOS-9.3)
    2. When the slaves were freed, why did some choose to stay on the plantations with their former owners? Was this a good or bad choice for most?( CSSS- I, V, VI; NGS-6, 9, 12, 13; NCSCOS-2.3, 9.3)
    3. What was the political role of ex-slaves during reconstruction? (CSSS-VI )
    4. Discuss the current status (social, political, and economic) of African-Americans in the US today( CSSS-I, IV, V, VI, X)

     

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    For additional information or comments about these Learning Activities, contact:
    Dr. Joy N. Stapleton, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Elementary and Middle Grades Education, School of Education, East Carolina University.