This unit provides a wide-ranging overview of racial slavery in the Americas and the opportunity for students to consider how the past shapes the present.
Conference Session
Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies
10:00 am
Conference Session
DETAILS
Join the Choices Program for this session at the Teaching Black History Conference. Are you planning to teaching about the slave trade, abolition, or the legacies of the slave trade? Or do you have a world history class that covers the Haitian Revolution or slavery in Brazil or Cuba? Join us to explore the wide-ranging curriculum unit, Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies, which is a perfect fit for any U.S. or world history course. You must register for the conference to attend this session.
Co-sponsored by the K-12 Center for Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University of Buffalo
Register
$0Per Person
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Session participants will receive a one-year Digital Editions license for the Racial Slavery in the Americas unit.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This session is open to all Teaching Black History Conference participants. It is most appropriate for any educator who will be teaching about the history of the Atlantic world slave trade and its legacies today, and anyone who is looking for new lessons, readings, and videos to supplement or enhance their teaching.
WORKSHOP LEADER
Mimi Stephens
Choices Director of Sales and Professional Development
Mimi is the Director of Professional Development for the Choices Program. Prior to joining the Choices Program in 2011, Mimi worked at Clark University where she served as the Director of the Teacher Center for Global Studies supporting K12 social studies teachers throughout Massachusetts for more than 20 years. Mimi holds a Masters in International Development and Social Change from Clark University.