Resistance to African American Education During and after the
Civil War
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Identify primary sources relating to the development of
public education in the South.
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Recognize Joel Williamson's hypothesis regarding whites'
attitudes toward the education of free slaves in South Carolina
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Confirm or refute Williamson's hypothesis as it relates
to Augusta County, Virginia.
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- Williamson, Joel. (1965). After Slavery: The Negro in South Carolina
During Reconstruction, 1861-1877. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University
of North Caolina Press.
- University of Virginia class (HIUS 403" Digital History and the American
Civil War") project on the
Freedman's Bureau
Standards:
National History Standards:
Standards in Historical Thinking
2: Historical Comprehension
3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4: Historical Research Capabilities
Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction
Virginia Standards
of Learning
11.6
11.17
National Council for the
Social Studies
II. Time, Continuity, and Change
V. Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
Center for Technology and Teacher Education,
University of Virginia. This module created by John
K. Lee of the University of Virginia.