​Pink+and+Say+Reinforcing+Activity

====Learning Objective: Students will be able to compare/contrast the Confederacy and Union, with a focus on the differences in treatment for African American soldiers. ====

Materials:

 * ====Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco ====
 * ====Classroom set of computers ====
 * ====Copies of Venn Diagram Worksheet for each student (optional) ====

1. Read “Pink and Say” with the class.
====2. Have students write a reflection on the prompt: “write how you would feel if you were Pink and had to put your mother in danger”. ====

3. Students share reflection responses.
====4. Pair students up. One student will research soldiers serving for the Confederacy, the other research soldiers who served for the Union. The resources listed below would be a good place to start this research.====

5. Questions to research:
====6. Have partners share what they found out. What differed between the two armies? Were soldiers treated differently based on their race?====
 * number of soldiers
 * racial makeup of soldiers
 * prisons for POWs
 * treatment of soldiers

7. As a class, discuss what the researchers found.
====<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">8. Finally, have the class compare/contrast the treatment of soldiers in the Confederacy and the Union by filling in the Venn-diagram either individually via a worksheet or as a class on the board ====

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