To develop the students understanding of the following – •Definition of slavery •What life was like on a piedmont Virginia, slaveholding tobacco farm •The primary reason why the Civil War was fought •How the war affected the enslaved and the slaveowners •Booker T. Washington’s memory of the moment of emancipation •What happened following emancipation for Freedmen and former slave owners
Recommended level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
1. Slavery and Life on a Piedmont Virginia Tobacco Farm
2. The Civil War and Its Impact on Enslaved People and Slaveholders
3. Emancipation and Life After the Civil War