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This Anna - One Woman’s Quest for Freedom: What Did Freedom Mean for Anna? unit plan also includes:
- Anna: One Woman’s Quest for Freedom (.html)
- Anna: One Woman’s Quest for Freedom (.docx)
- Anna One Woman’s Quest for Freedom in Early Washington, D.C.
- Her Story From Anna to Ann Williams
- Jesse Torrey - A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery in the United States [Excerpt]
- Ana Williams Case Summary
- Excerpts from Slavery and the Domestic Slave-Trade in the United States (1836) by Ethan Allen Andrews
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The 2018 film Anna, One Woman's Quest for Freedom in Early Washington, D.C., offers high schoolers an opportunity to examine the sacrifices one woman endured to gain her freedom from slavery.
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CCSS:
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Concepts
slavery, freedom, racism, prejudice, critical thinking, evaluating claims, supporting evidence, guided inquiry, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, secondary source analysis, secondary sources, film adaptations, film analysis, storyboarding, black history month, african american history
Instructional Ideas
- Use the resource during Black History Month
- For high school seniors and higher ed, combine the resource with a study of Toni Morrison's Beloved
Classroom Considerations
- Presumes teachers and learners are familiar with inquiry-based learning
- Requires a projection device for the image and the film
- This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information
Pros
- The 19-page packet includes supporting questions that class members research, links to relevant texts, and formative and summative performance tasks
Cons
- None