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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plotting Slave Population Density in Connecticut in the 1700's

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore slavery in the U.S. by researching the web. In this U.S. history lesson, 10th graders identify the geography of Connecticut and the overall involvement the state had in the slavery process. Students view data of the...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs: Literature & Life: From Freedom to Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
Some of the African-American writers and poets who spoke out eloquently about their experiences of slavery in the 1700s and 1800s are featured in this section of Literature & Life. Read powerful first-person accounts of Harriet...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Slavery

For Teachers 5th
A comprehensive learning module on slavery that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will examine the role of sugar production...
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Interactive
University of Richmond

University of Richmond: The History Engine

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore this in-depth history of the United States beginning in 1840 by clicking on a date or location on this interactive map, or by manipulating the timeline above. Each event is accompanied by a description and details, with links to...
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Website
Other

National Civil Rights Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a glimpse of what is housed in the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The interactive tour highlights the struggle and introduces key historical figures such as Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner, Dred Scott, and Frederick...
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Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Slavery in America

For Students 9th - 10th
People enslaved Africans for their enforced labor from before America's founding until the end of the Civil War. Learn about the history of slavery, its effects on a budding nation, and the fight to abolish it. This collection includes...
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Article
PBS

Africans in America: Margaret Washington on the Earliest Africans in Va.

For Students 9th - 10th
In a brief answer, Margaret Washington, Assoc. Professor of History at Cornell University, discusses where the first Africans to colonial Virginia were from, who they were, and what it may have been like for them.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs: Africans in America: Shift From Indentured Servitude to Lifelong Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
This discussion by Prof. Peter Wood of Duke University explores what may have allowed the shift from indentured servitude to lifelong slavery for Africans and their children. Click on Teacher's Guide for teacher resources.
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Article
PBS

Africans in America: Virginia Looks Toward Africa for Labor

For Students 9th - 10th
This website explains why Virginia needed laborers, why it led to the use of African labor and how it was justified by Christians. Hyperlinks to related topics on the site.
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Website
Yale University

Yale University: Gilder Lehrman Center

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that is dedicated to helping people understand slavery and its role in the development of our world.