Teacher Gazette -- February 2015

Volume 13 Issue No.6  Fort Monroe and Emancipation   Teaching Strategy Whose Emancipation? In this high school-level lesson, students use primary source evidence to address the question: Who freed the slaves? Was it the self-emancipation of the fugitives who sought protection at Fort Monroe and other Union installations? Was it the actions undertaken by President Lincoln and ultimately his issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation? Or was it something else, or a combination of many people's actions? Students analyze primary source documents to answer these questions using evidence. More   Primary Source ...Their Arrival at Fortress Monroe The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division  This image, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper in June 1861, shows how enslaved people, sometimes whole families, escaped to Fort Monroe in Virginia in search of freedom. By the end of the war, almost 10,000 enslaved people had made the journey to what they called "Fort Freedom." More For more information  How Slavery Really Ended in America by Adam Goodheart for The New York Times Magazine. Fort Monroe and the "Contrabands of War" for the Fort Monroe National Monument, by the National Parks Service. The Forgotten: The Contraband of America and the Road to Freedom by Eric Wills for Preservation, National Trust for Historic Preservation. "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861  Announcements Music from Colonial Williamsburg is now available on iTunes (search Colonial Williamsburg), Amazon, and CDBaby! Favorite albums, such as From Ear to Ear, Marching Out of Time, A Grand Entertainment, Keys to the Palace and more are available for digital download.  Teachers receive a discount on Colonial Williamsburg images on Photoshelter! HERO's Upcoming Live Broadcast When Freedom Came February 12, 2015 Everyone knows that Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves...or did he? Freedom came to enslaved people over the course of many months and years--and it arrived in different ways in different places. Discover how enslaved Americans made everyday choices during the Civil War that helped bring about their freedom. More Featured Product Slavery in Colonial America Explore slavery's pervasive influence across the American colonies. This unit includes lessons on the transatlantic slave trade, slave labor and regional economies, slavery and the law, African American culture and life under slavery, and the beginnings of the antislavery movement. PDFs on CD-ROM, 136 pages.  More Connect with Us Twitter: @CWFlearn and @CWFcitizen Pinterest: Colonial Williamsburg Education Facebook:  Colonial Williamsburg Education and Colonial Williamsburg Citizenship

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