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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho Was Cinque?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, United States History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from EDSITEment, focuses on Cinque, the leader of the 1839 Amistad revolt. The lesson draws on a variety of documen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhite Southerners' Defense of Slaveholding
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed and 5 additional..This resource, from The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War Project, University of Virginia, feature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen Rice Was King
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, United StatesWhen Rice Was King concentrates on Georgetown County, South Carolina, where rice, rather than cotton, was the principal commerci...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Happened to Slaves When their Owners Died?
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Psychology, United States History, American Democracy and 6 additional..This resource, from The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War Project, University of Virginia, feature...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Are the Origins of American Slavery?
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, World History, History-Social ScienceThis essay, from the EDSITEment-reviewed Web site Digital History, assesses the origins of American slavery. One of ten essays f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWas Slavery the Engine of Economic Growth?
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Economics, United States History, History-Social ScienceThis essay, from the EDSITEment-reviewed Web site Digital History, assesses the role that slavery played in U.S. economic growth...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWanted Poster for Emily, a Runaway Slave
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, provided by the Ohio Historical Society, contains an image of an original wanted poster for a runaway slave. This...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVoices from the Days of Slavery: Song Title List
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, Music, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, is a collection of links to songs sung by former slaves. Part of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVoices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History, History-Social ScienceVoices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories features interviews with 23 former slaves (the oldest was 130 ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Amistad Case
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn February of 1839, Portuguese slave hunters abducted a large group of Africans from Sierra Leone and shipped them to Havana, C...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Adam Francis Plummer Diary: A Living History
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryWebsite presents the diary of Adam Francis Plummer, born into slavery in 1819 in Maryland, in a digital format with a transcript...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStateside Slavery: Addressing Slavery's Past on This Side of the Atlantic
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, World History, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about President Bush's July 8, 2003 speech on slavery o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSow the Seeds of Victory! Posters from the Food Administration During World War I
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, Visual Arts, Writing Strategies and 3 additional..This lesson relates to Article II, Section 2.1 , of the U.S. Constitution, which establishes the president as commander in chief...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSojourner Truth: "Narrative of Sojourner Truth"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is part of their Documenting the American South (DocSouth) ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlaves of a South Carolina Plantation
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsThis resource, offered by PBS Online in conjuction with their site Africans in America, provides a historical photograph of sl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History, History-Social ScienceSlaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 presents over 100 books and pamphlets on experiences of African and African-American slaves in ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlavery's Opponents and Defenders
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, U.S. Constitution and 2 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery by pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlavery and Abolition
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, United States History, History-Social ScienceSlavery and Abolition presents two dozen publications written in the 19th century about slavery in America. It includes first-p...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlave Ownership in the Shenandoah Valley
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed and 5 additional..In this activity, from The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War Project, University of Virginia, stud...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlave Narratives: Constructing U.S. History Through Analyzing Primary Sources
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students research narratives from the Federal Writers' Project and describe the lives of former...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0