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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sing Out Loud: The Slave Spirituals Historical and Cultural Implications during Reconstruction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify, summarize and present facts about cultural, educational and political inequalities of Reconstruction, explain hidden codes of slave spirituals and their importance in slaves' communication, and create poetry based on...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing Your Own Spiritual

For Students 4th - 8th
In this slavery learning exercise, students brainstorm words that describe slavery and then write their own spiritual about slavery. Students may write as many words as they would like.