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Slavery Instructional VideoSlavery Instructional Video
Publisher
Crash Course
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
14:25
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Year
2013
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Slavery

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Teach high schoolers about the difficult legacy of slavery in the United States with a video that summarizes the institution that stemmed from a cotton-based agriculture and economy. It details the brutality of slave discipline, slave efforts for resistance from oppression, and the systematic legal and cultural degradation of slaves.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

harriet tubman, slavery, the united states civil war

Additional Tags

chattel slavery, harriet tubman, nat turner, social studies

Classroom Considerations

  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Frequently incorporates images, animations, and direct primary source quotations to illustrate content

Cons

  • Video begins with third-party advertisement

Common Core

SL.9-10.5 SL.11-12.5 RH.11-12.7

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