Attached are links to materials used to provide an introduction to an examination of the institution of slavery. The materials and activities are:
Bryan Stevenson. We can't recover from this history until we deal with it. (6 minute YouTube video produced by Harvard Law and discussing the vision behind the creation of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama).
Brief readings from The Khan Academy on the everyday experience of slavery, the role of slavery in the national and international economy and the early abolition movement;
Class activities include pair and small group discussion time with questions to direct students attention as needed.
Assessments include a guided class discussion as well as brief exit tickets with focused questions checking student understanding of relevant material (ie. 'which first groups first developed organized opposition to slavery,' and 'what was the link between the early abolitionist and women's rights movements').
I also try to encourage creativity in my end-of-term assessments by allowing more open-ended finals projects that have included short-stories, model legislation, graphic art, podcasts, a guided dictionary-and-opinion type exercise and more.
Brief reading assignment from The Khan Academy on the everyday life of enslaved men and women (account needed to access).
Brief reading assignment from The Khan Academy on the role of slavery in the national and international economy.
Brief reading assignment from The Khan Academy on the early abolition movement.