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Students will analyze documents from the War Department’s Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands — better known as the Freedmen’s Bureau — that Congress established on March 3, 1865, as the Civil War was coming to an end. Using the scale in Weighing the Evidence, students will evaluate the effectiveness of the Freedmen’s Bureau in assisting formerly enslaved persons. Learning Objectives: Students will be able to identify and draw conclusions about the roles of the Freedmen’s Bureau (Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands), critically analyze primary sources, formulate opinions about the effectiveness of the Bureau, and back up their opinions verbally or in writing.
- Subject:
- Arts and Humanities
- English Language Arts
- Reading Informational Text
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Diagram/Illustration
- Interactive
- Provider:
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Author:
- National Archives Education Team
- Date Added:
- 12/08/2012