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Juneteenth General Order

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While Juneteenth was more than 150 years ago, today Americans debate whether it should be a national holiday. Using a military declaration proclaiming the last of the enslaved people in Texas free, individuals look at the significance of this moment. A set of prompts helps them analyze the document and discuss how the event should be remembered.

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Concepts

slavery, the emancipation proclamation, civil war, the united states civil war, african american history, african americans, military history, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

Use the resource to stimulate a classroom debate on making Juneteenth a federal holiday
Offer the activity as a part of study of Civil War

Classroom Considerations

Class members need to access a computer for the activity

Pros

Activity makes connections between historical events and today
Zoom features allow for class members to get up close to an important document

Cons

While there is a submission feature on the activity, it is not clear to whom the answers go

Common Core

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