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Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Black Emancipators of the 19th Century Lesson PlanYale New Haven Teachers Institute: Black Emancipators of the 19th Century Lesson Plan
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Yale University
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9th - 10th
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Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Black Emancipators of the 19th Century

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A lesson plan unit on the people and movements that fought to abolish slavery. Looks at the Triangular Trade, and at the Underground Railroad and famous abolitionists. Includes a play about emancipation, a black history rap and a trivia quiz for a contest, as well as detailed lesson plans. While this unit was published in 1985, it is well done and still relevant.

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frederick douglass, harriet tubman, sojourner truth

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colonial economy, slave ships, sugar exports, triangular trade route, african slaves, african-american history, frances ellen watkins harper, nathaniel turner, underground railroad, william still, yale-new haven teachers institute: black emancipators of the 19th century, transatlantic triangular trade

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