Emancipation Proclamation Lesson Plans
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Video: The Road to Freedom
Watch the video below to learn about Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation from students who use the words of former slaves to tell the story.
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Created by eighth-grade students from E. Russell Hicks Middle School in Hagerstown, MD
Created as part of the Of the Student, By the Student, For the Student® program, from the Journey Through Hallowed Ground.
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