Evaluate provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's reasons for issuing it, and its significance. Explain the causes of the Civil War and evaluate the importance of slavery as a principal cause of the conflict by analyzing the Emancipation Proclamation. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge opinions.
Recommended level: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
1. The Road to the Emancipation Proclamation
2. Provisions and Purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation