Update
10-06-2015
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Lesson Plan
Grade Level
Sixth grade, Seventh grade, Eighth grade
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The “African American Communities in the North Before the Civil War” lesson consists of three activities that should be taught together. In this lesson, students will tour and/or read about some important free African American communities thriving in the North before the Civil War and share their research with the class. This lesson may be taught in conjunction with the “After the American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North” lesson.