If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will learn about slavery and its poisonous effect upon society.
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Students will learn about life in pre-Civil War rural America.
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Students will learn how the legacy of slavery is still with us today.
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Students will learn about how democracy falters when thought and reason give way to passion and emotion.
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Students will learn about how fingerprinting ushered in a whole new era of crime-solving.
