In this lesson, students explore the realities of life after the Emancipation Proclamation and learn about ... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.5 Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key ...

No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared, "all persons held as slaves within any States, or designated part ...

This weekend, the story was brought to life, recognizing the Emancipation Proclamation, which announced the end of slavery in 1863. "It's a proud history. And we played a strategic role in what ...