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Pbs: Africans in America the Haitian Revolution WebsitePbs: Africans in America the Haitian Revolution Website
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PBS
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Website

Pbs: Africans in America the Haitian Revolution

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This site, which tells of L'Ouverture's role in the revolution, is part of a larger PBS documentary on Africans in America. Included are a teacher's guide and a narrative of the topic. Also, make sure to use the links at the bottom of the page for more info in this series on L'Ouverture.

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Concepts

colonization, france, haiti

Additional Tags

pbs, french convention, l'ouverture, pbs: africans in america - the haitian revolution, saint domingue, toussaint l'ouverture, revolution, history, history of haiti

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • 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

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