The Slavery Project

Students are to form groups of 3-4 people and prepare a presentation about some aspect of American Slavery. Each project will have the following:

A. Topic: Proposal (3 Rationales)

B. Abstract (One Page---Outline, Summary, Plans, Ideas, etc.)

C. PowerPoint Presentation (complete with images and concise and accurate facts)

D. Historical Magazine Articles-4 (MS Publisher-- complete with images and concise and accurate facts, citations, interpretations/opinions, pros/con, balanced arguments, interviews)

E. Reflection-A one-page reflection from each group member

(Does slavery have any effect on today’s society?)

You MUST submit your topics at the end of the first day.


www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm

www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaslavry.htm

www.learner.org/amerpass/unit07/context_activ.html (especially for cultural aspects and interracial relationships)

www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html (PBS Africans in America website)

www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/ (A NEW PBS website on slavery)

www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/hermitage/open.html (a journey to one particular plantation)

www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/slavery/slmenu.htm (especially for Laws)

IMAGES: www.photography-museum.com/faceof.html

IMAGES: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/082_slave.html

http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/resources/resources_lessonplans.htm

http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/social/slavery/

http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/pdf/lesson_plans_watermark.pdf

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/lessons_high.html

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/slavery/index.cfm

http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edhist.htm

http://multicultural.mrdonn.org/AfricanAm.html

http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_SouthSlavery.shtml

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/slavery/lesson-plan/3370.html

http://www.ushistorysite.com/slavery_politics.php

http://www.proteacher.com/090156.shtml

***http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm (narratives)

http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/ (Slave ads/documents)

http://www.teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/olson/

http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/main.html.

The Library of Congress' American Memory Collection features over seven million online digital documents. It is a rich resource for a wide variety of documents about the African-American experience, including the online exhibit African-American Odyssey. American Memory's homepage is: http://memory.loc.gov/ and African-American Odyssey is at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/. The segment on "Western Migration and Homesteading" can be accessed at: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam009.html.

Topic Ideas

Slave Rebellions

Atlantic Slave Trade

Slavery and Religion

Slavery and the U.S. Constitution

Urban Slavery

Women and Slavery

Slavery and Rice

Slave Ships

Slave Markets

Slavery and Cotton

Slavery and the American Revolution

Abolitionist Movement

Plantation life

Slave Quarters

Children and Slavery

Slavery and Compromise (3/5ths, Missouri, and Compromise of 1850)

Witnesses to Slavery (Observers/Travelers’ Accounts)

Slave Resistance/Revolts

Slave Narratives/Autobiographies

Skilled Slaves/Hiring Out

Free Blacks during Slavery

The Underground Railroad

Slavery in Print (Newspapers, Political Cartoons, etc.)

Slave Families

Compare and Contrast: Northern and Southern Slavery

Domestic Slave Trade

Slave Marriages

Alternate Slavery Assignment

Annotated Timeline of Slavery

(1619-1865)

*100 entries minimum