If you're like me, as a high school US History teacher, not a lot of emphasis is placed on the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War. (Indiana divides it into two parts: 8th grade focuses on pre-colonial to the Civil War; 11th grade focuses on Civil War to the present with a small review of 1754 - 1865). Because of this, the Emancipation isn't presented with a lot of heart, meaning, or substance. One day the slaves were slaves, the next day they were free.
Fortunately, it wasn't that simple, and a new interactive map from the University of Richmond details and aggregates tons of information into a visual reference.
Look here for the original article on the Chronicle of Higher Education.
How Does It Affect Education?
Anything that can be represented visually is great for teaching a generation that has a screen in front of them for 1/2 of the day. This is a good way to show that emancipation of the slaves did not happen overnight. There are also lists of the data the map is representing, so you can have students look deeper into the data if you wish.
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