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Slavery and the Civil War — Student Collection

$1,099.00 per student

One unit includes all ten documents for one student.

Explore the Civil War through the words of presidents, soldiers, abolitionists and people seeking freedom, and the links between victory, emancipation and the human cost of war.

Sold as a class set for 20 or 30 students. Every student receives their own copy of all ten documents. Teaching more than one class? Add a set for each class.

For each document, the student set includes the reproduction, a readable typed transcript, historical context and a student worksheet. Suggested lesson plans and answer keys are supplied digitally for the teacher.

This is a one-time purchase for the complete collection. Shipping is free. Any applicable tax is added at checkout.

Documents included

  1. Robert Anderson to the Secretary of War — 18 April 1861
  2. Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker — 26 January 1863
  3. Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln — 23 August 1863
  4. James Henry Gooding to Abraham Lincoln — 28 September 1863
  5. Edward Everett to Abraham Lincoln — 20 November 1863
  6. Abraham Lincoln to Albert G. Hodges — 4 April 1864
  7. Annie Davis to Abraham Lincoln — 25 August 1864
  8. Frederick Douglass to Abraham Lincoln — 29 August 1864
  9. William T. Sherman to Abraham Lincoln — 22 December 1864
  10. Clara Barton to the Windham family — 8 December 1865

Suggested for grades 6–12. Teacher guidance is appropriate for slavery, violence and bereavement.