Introduction Lesson Plan 1: High School Lesson Plan 2: High School Lesson Plan 3: Middle School Lesson Plan 4: 5th Grade Lesson Plan 1: High School Writing the History of African American Slave Women By Roberta McCutcheon This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS NCHS National History Standards: Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861); Standard 2D: the rapid growth of "the peculiar institution" after 1800 and the varied experiences of African Americans under slavery. Standard 3: Historical analysis and interpretation. Lesson Plan 2: High School Enslaved African Americans and Expressions of Freedom By Gloria Sesso This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National Standards for History: Era 2, Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763) Standard 3: How the values and institutions of European economic life took root in the colonies, and how slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas. Lesson Plan 3: Middle School Examining the Middle Passage By William Walker This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National Standards for History: Era 2, Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763) Standard 1: Why the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies, and how Europeans struggled for control of North America and the Caribbean. Standard 2: How slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas. Lesson Plan 4: 5th Grade A Look at Slavery through Posters and Broadsides By Carla Nordstrom This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National Standards for History: Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861); Standard 2D: the rapid growth of "the peculiar institution" after 1800 and the varied experiences of African Americans under slavery. For more lesson plans, streaming video clips and other teacher resources, visit http://www.historychannel.com/classroom
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