BIOS

Civil Rights

As the Civil War ended, so did slavery, three constitutional amendments extended to African Americans the same rights enjoyed by white citizens. However,poor enforcement plus people that were culturally entrenched by racism, specially former slave owner in the south, resulted in far fewer rights for blacks than the Constitution intended.

Abraham Lincoln

Gettysburg Address

Read the Speech and write your opinion on the importance and the impact of Lincoln's words.

American Civil War - Civil Rights Act

Explain the impact of the Emancipation Act (1863) and it´s impact on the later Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Go Down Moses and other slave songs

Why was it important for the slaves to sing about Moses and Egypt? 

What was the purpose/motivation for it?

Slavery

Using "Do, Does and Did"

1. Martha always does his homework on time.
2. Volunteers do a lot of work around the hospital.
3. Jasper did a great job on his history report for school.
4. You have done nothing all morning!
5. I am doing the best I can!

Negative sentences with do not, does not and did not

When creating negative sentences, we usually use shortened forms: don’t, doesn’t and didn’t together with the base form of the verb.

Note: Save the long forms (do not, does not and did not) for when you want to create emphasis. When speaking, you would put an accent on the ‘not’.

1. Your client doesn’t understand the contract.
2. You don’t need to worry about me.
3. Your friends didn’t get the e-mail.

For more information

http://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarbook/verbs/do-does-did/