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History of Slavery in America facts and information activity worksheet pack and fact file. Includes 5 activities aimed at students 11-14 years old (KS3) & 5 activities aimed at students 14-16 year old (GCSE).
Discover primary texts and historical documents that span American history and have shaped the American constitutional tradition.
- Leaving Evidence of Our Lives
- Analysis
- Discussion
- Extension
How can the historical record be both huge and limited? To consider the strengths and limitations of the historical record, do the following activity: 1. Assign students to work individually or in small groups. Alert students that they will share their activity responses with the class. 2. Ask students to think about all the activities they were in...
In this section, students analyze primary source documents. 1. Assign two primary sources from the primary source gallery Slavery in the United States, 1790-1865to individuals or groups. Students should be assigned to look at two different kinds of primary sources to allow for comparison. 2. Allow 30 to 50 minutes for students to analyze the docume...
In this section, students discuss their primary source analysis with the entire class and compare and contrast analysis results. 1. Have student groups summarize their analysis of a primary source document for the class. Ask students to comment on the credibility of the source. If several groups have analyzed the same document, encourage supporting...
Each student might be asked to find one additional primary source on slavery. Individuals or groups might be challenged to research and gather a set of primary sources on a topic other than slavery. Additional activity suggestions for different types of primary sources: 1. Objects - 1.1. Hypothesize about the uses of an unknown object pictured in a...
Teaching Hard History: American Slavery is a comprehensive guide for teaching and learning the critical topic of slavery at all grade levels.
- Students should be encouraged to think and talk about the meaning of freedom.
- Students should know that slavery is when a person owns another person as property.
- Students should know that enslaved Indigenous people and Africans came from nations with diverse cultures and traditions and that they continued many of these traditions while enslaved.
- Students should know that enslaved people had families that could be split up at any time.
The contents of the pack illustrate aspects of the history and legacy of the slave trade and of slavery more generally, as well as meeting the needs of the National Curriculum, especially those of History, Citizenship and English.
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Slaves suffered a horrible journey to America but that was only the start. If they survived, then their life would have to deal with the fact that they were now under the control of white people. Slavery in America was kept in the south of the country.
