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ERIC Number: EJ586761
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Delving into the Past--County Court Records and the Pursuit of History.
Schweninger, Loren
Social Studies, v89 n6 p260-62 Nov-Dec 1998
Describes a project to collect, organize, and analyze petitions to state legislatures and county courts concerning race, slavery, and free blacks in the South between 1776 and 1867. Presents a lesson plan designed to incorporate these, and similar documents, into middle-, and high-school history classes. Includes a sample document. (DSK)
Descriptors: Black History, History Instruction, Lesson Plans, Local History, Primary Sources, Secondary Education, Slavery, United States History
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: United States (South)