18th Century
The Color Line
Teaching Activity PDF. By Bill Bigelow. 6 pages.
A lesson on the countless colonial laws enacted to create division and inequality based on race. This helps students understand the origins of racism in the United States and who benefits.
African American, Laws & Citizen Rights, Native American, Racism & Racial Identity
Constitution Role Play: Whose “More Perfect Union”? and The Constitutional Convention: Who Really Won?
Teaching Activity PDF. By Bill Bigelow. 23 pages.
A role play on the issues involved with the framing of the Constitution.
Democracy & Citizenship, Individuals in US History, Laws & Citizen Rights, Racism & Racial Identity, Slavery, Social Class
Presidents and Slaves: Helping Students Find the Truth
Teaching Activity PDF. By Bob Peterson. 7 pages.
How a 5th grade teacher and his students conducted research to answer the question: “Which presidents owned people?”
African American, Education, Individuals in US History, Racism & Racial Identity, Slavery
Reclaiming Hidden History: Students Create a Slavery Walking Tour in Manhattan
Teaching Activity PDF. By Alan Singer. 7 pages.
How a teacher and his students organized a tour of the hidden history of slavery in New York.
New York and Slavery: Time to Teach the Truth
Teaching Guide. By Alan J. Singer. 2008. 178 pages.
Narrative description of slavery in the north and strategies for engaging young people as historians on the topic.
The American Revolutionaries
Book-Nonfiction. By Milton Meltzer. 1987. 224 pages.
Individuals in US History, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord
Book-Nonfiction. By Ray Raphael. 2003. 288 pages.
Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
Many Thousand Gone: African-Americans from Slavery to Freedom
Book - Nonfiction. By Virginia Hamilton. 2002. 160 pages. Ages 8 - 12.
An illustrated account of slavery for children based on historical records, personal narratives, and biographies. Includes profiles of Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, among others.
No More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance
Book - Nonfiction. By Doreen Rappaport. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. 2005. 64 pages.
Picture book on the many forms of resistance to slavery.
A People’s History of the American Revolution
Book - Nonfiction. By Ray Raphael. 2002. 528 pages.
Democracy & Citizenship, Immigration, Individuals in US History, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements
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