Search educational resources

Search

Menu

Sign In Try It Free
Discover
Solutions
- Educator Edition Save time lesson planning by exploring our library of educator reviews to over 550,000 open educational resources (OER).
- Learning Explorer An all-in-one learning object repository and curriculum management platform that combines Lesson Planet’s library of educator-reviews to open educational resources with district materials and district-licensed publisher content.
About
Pricing
School Access
- Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
  Learn More
Sign In
Try It Free

Create engaging lessons with

vetted educational resources— videos, interactives, games, lesson ideas, and more!

Start Your 10-Day Free Trial

Get Free Access for 10 Days!

Share on Facebook
Tweet This Resource
Pin This Resource
Link

RAW HISTORY: USING PRIMARY SOURCES Lesson Plan

RAW HISTORY: USING PRIMARY SOURCES Lesson Plan

Publisher

Curator Rating

Educator Rating

Not yet Rated

Lesson Plan

RAW HISTORY: USING PRIMARY SOURCES

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

This RAW HISTORY: USING PRIMARY SOURCES lesson plan also includes:

Worksheet
Join to access all included materials

Middle schoolers analyze the ways slavery shaped social and economic life in the South after 1800, how slaves forged their own culture in the face of oppression; and the role of the plantation system in shaping slaveholders and the enslaved.

3 Views 0 Downloads

Additional Tags

domestic slave trade, runaway journeys, social studies

Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade

6th - 8th

Subjects

Social Studies & History

2 more...

Resource Type

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

1 hr

Instructional Strategy

Usage Permissions

Fine Print: Educational Use

Start Your Free Trial

Save time and discover engaging curriculum for your classroom. Reviewed and rated by trusted, credentialed teachers.

See similar resources:

Voices from the Trans‐Atlantic Slave Trade

North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies

Young historians trace the roots of African slavery and learn about the causes and effects of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade through a PowerPoint presentation and by reading and discussing excerpts from the book Copper Sun.

7th - 8th Social Studies & History

CCSS: Adaptable

The Economienda System

Explore the Economienda System common in Latin America during the 1700s. The class will read the included text, answer 3 critical-thinking questions, and fill out a pie chart showing the demographics of the time. They will learn about...

8th - 10th Social Studies & History

Mayan Mathematics and Architecture

Partnership for Educating Colorado Students

Take young scholars on a trip through history with this unit on the mathematics and architecture of the Mayan civilization. Starting with a introduction to their base twenty number system and the symbols they used, this eight-lesson unit...

CCSS: Adaptable

African Slaves in Haiti

Sixth graders examine how Africans were treated in the Caribbean and Haiti after reading about the Atlantic Slave Trade. From a multicultural information passage, they complete a time line on Toussiant L-Ouverture and write an obituary.

6th Social Studies & History

Underground Railroad PowerPoint

A very interesting presentation on the Underground Railroad used by slaves who were seeking freedom. Learners consider photographs of safe houses, devices used to hide from capture, maps of routes used, and pictures of white people who...

4th - 6th Social Studies & History

Who Freed the Slaves During the Civil War?

Pose the question to your historians: who really freed the slaves? They critically assess various arguments, using primary sources as evidence. In small groups, scholars jigsaw 5 primary source documents (linked), and fill out an...

8th - 12th Social Studies & History

Running for Freedom: The FUgitive Slave law and the Coming of the Civil War

In order to understand the complicated nature of slave laws during the Civil War, learners compare and contrast an abolitionist poster and a runaway slave ad. They use an attached worksheet to consider each primary source document, then...

8th - 10th Social Studies & History

People and Places in the North and South

National Endowment for the Humanities

North and South: two opposite directions and two opposite economic and social systems in time of the Civil War. Pupils peruse census websites and primary source photographs to understand what life was like for the everyday person before...

6th - 8th Social Studies & History

CCSS: Adaptable

Colonial New York Slave Codes: Pedro's Walk

Look critically at the slave laws instated in Colonial New York. Your class examines primary source documents, slave laws, a narrative account from a slave's perspective, and Slave Codes. They write diary or journal entries in response...

8th - 10th Social Studies & History

Slaves, the Labor Force, and the Economy

Students examine critical role that slaves, freemen, and plebeians played in the Roman Empire. They complete creative writing that addresses how the Roman class system and the use of slavery contributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire.

6th - 12th Social Studies & History

© 1999-2024 Learning Explorer, Inc.

Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Health
Language Arts
Languages
Math
Physical Education

Science
Social Studies
Special Education
Visual and Performing Arts

View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

Our Review Process
How it Works
How to Search
Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

Edit a Collection
Assign to Students
Manage My Resources

Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use