Bring history to life with this engaging, discussion-based mini-lesson on the 13th Amendment — designed for middle school social studies, ELA, or U.S. history classrooms. This 10-slide lesson helps students understand the who, what, when, where, and why behind the amendment that abolished slavery in the United States. Through short readings, turn-and-talk prompts, and reflection questions, students analyze the big and little contexts of the Civil War era while exploring the short- and long-t