Teacher Resources
SupremeCourtCasesaround slavery.pdf
It was the nation’s largest auction of enslaved people. Now, a search for descendants of the ‘weeping time. Washington Post
* The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes
Timeline Slave Voyages - Database
*1619 Project Curriculum , Pulitzer Center
Interview with Nikole Hannah Jones The 1619 Project
Reading Guide for the 1619 Project Essays
* Washington Post: A Dark Legacy Comes to Light
The Missing Pieces of America's Education (Washington Post)
*Slavery and the Holocaust: How Americans and Germans Cope With Past Evil
*Benefits of Inheritance The Lord family
*The Long Shadow of the Plantation Podcast:
Edward Rugemer talks about Slave Law and the Politics of Resistance in the Early Atlantic World
The following sources can be used for slavery in New England unit at beginning of year: - shared by Jennifer Omartian
Podcast Uncovering African and Native American Lives in 17th - 18th Century Hartford
The Asset Value of Whiteness : Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap
There are No More Nostalgic Memorials
The Courage to Teach Hard History
Lies My Bookshelf Told Me : Slavery in Children's Literature
Witness Stone Project - procedures and rubrics
Teaching Tolerance - Teaching Hard History Podcast
Backstory" Podcast Ampthill Plantation
The Return to Ampthill Plantation - Justin Reed, Director of African American History Programs at Virginia Humanities, describes going back to the Virginia plantation where his ancestors were enslaved. He meets descendants of his ancestor's slave owners. He concludes "I want this to matter as much to them as it does to me." From minute 1 to minute 9:15 - https://www.backstoryradio.org/shows/dear-mr-president/
Wilson's LOOK AT WEST HARTFORD CENTER IN 1776
Facing History https://www.facinghistory.org/
Objects in the Dark: The Meaning of slavery
A symbol of Slavery and Survival : Washington Post article
When are Children Old Enough to Learn About Slavery? WP
Educators Confront Teaching About Slavery
Americans Show Limited Knowledge of Slavery
The Missing Pieces of America's Education
Resources to write a Podcast:
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/15/662070097/starting-your-podcast-a-guide-for-students; https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/learning/lesson-plans/project-audio-teaching-students-how-to-produce-their-own-podcasts.html
Resource to design a public History Marker : https://www.hmdb.org/results.asp?Town=West%20Hartford&State=Connecticut
Tips for writing historical Marker Inscriptionshttps://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS45
Legacy of Slavery in West Hartford Segregation in public schools
Representation in government: We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. This is how well your district does; from Vox.co
What policies in the 1900s helped determine where people choose to live? Restricting With Property Covenants from On The Line: How Schooling, Housing, and Civil Rights Shaped Hartford and its Suburbs
Representation in government: We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. This is how well your district does; from Vox.com
Videos :
Educators learn about teaching African American history, slavery in Maine
The 1619 Project, a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to Jamestown, Virginia, the issue examines the following questions:
How do societal structures developed to support the enslavement of black people, and the anti-black racism that was cultivated in the U.S. to justify slavery, influence many aspects of modern laws, policies, systems, and culture?
How have resistance, innovation, and advocacy by black Americans over the course of American history contributed to the nation’s wealth and the strengthening of its democracy?
West Hartford educator Dr. Lara White presents her story and strategies for how to teach and talk about race.
June 1, 2018 NPR On the Media podcast: After World War II, Germany and the Allied powers took pains to make sure that its citizens would never forget the country’s dark history. But in America, much of our past remains hidden or rewritten. This week, Brooke visits Montgomery, Alabama, home to The Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a new museum and memorial created by the Equal Justice Initiative that aim to bring America’s history of segregation and racial terror to the forefront.
Four West Hartford Lessons for U.S. History in the 20th century
Books to support this project :
Day of Tears by Julius Lester
Chains - Laura Halse Anderson
Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons - Ann Rinaldi
