Teaching Ourselves

Teaching Ourselves

Elina, Sadie, Juyong

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Howard & Lincoln
Normal were the 2
main colleges for
black people

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Teacher mostly
women

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Ages 5-81

Multiple Choice

What were the two main colleges for black people during the time period?

• Lincoln and Howard

• Alabama and Dillard

• Paine and Rust

• Brown and Morgan

Portrait of Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

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Symbolized freedom
to the black
community

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Issued the
Emancipation
Proclamation
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freeing all slaves

Child

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Children believed that the key to
equality was through a fair
education.

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Often had to skip school to work.

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Would take turns working and
learning with family members.

Multiple Choice

Why did most black children during this time period not come to school everyday?

• They could not afford to

• The schools were to far away

• They would get sick due to the schools unhygienic conditions

• They needed to work and make money

Teacher

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Black teachers proudly taught
others, men and women.

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First school in Alabama for
black people, Talladega College

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Black educators, vital to the
reconstruction era.

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Community Member

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Volunteered and raised money
to build schools and teach.

Helped to build over 3000 schools


Believed education should be free regardless of race.

250,000 people attended these schools to learn

Freedmen's Bureau

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Clinton B. Fisk turned army barracks into black college

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Military protection for
black people

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Howard University
named after the head of the Freedmen’s Bureau

Multiple Choice

Who was Howard University named after?

• The head of the Freedmen's Bureau

• General Sherman Howard

• Abraham Lincoln's son who died during the Civil War from polio, Howard Lincoln

• The head of the school, Howard Beunpart

Missionary Societies

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Missionary Societies- gave supplies for black schools

Helped make over 500 schools for Black people

Reorganized and constructed schools

Helped to Educate Thousands of people

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Multiple Choice

What did Missionary societies do to help African Americans?

• Gave supplies to black schools

• Taught at black schools

• They did not help them, instead working against them

• Gave bible readings to the children at black schools

Blue Back Speller

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Spelling book

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Educated black people

Multiple Choice

What was the Blue Back Speller?

• A group that terrorized black people along the back of the Mississippi River

• A book that taught young black children spelling and English

• A book to teach black people how to stay safe from racist groups attacks

• A branding of clothes that incarcerated African Americans were forced to wear while working

Church as School

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Couldn’t afford separate
buildings→connected the two

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Community worked
together to build the
church/school

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Paid for land and building
materials

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Congregation members
donated and raised funds
for money

Open Ended

Who worked together to raise funds and build Churches and Schools for African Americans during the Reconstruction Era? Be sure to include information from previous slide as well.

Map of the World

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1845

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Frederick Douglas

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Fugitive slave &
abolitionist

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Traveled to Britain

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Lectures/speeches

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About racism

Word Cloud

What did Frederick Douglas do in Britain?