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
8:00 am — 9:00 am
NCCSS Conference Session
DETAILS
How did enslaved people experience and resist slavery, and how have the legacies of racial slavery shaped the world today? Join the Choices Program at the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies conference to explore the student readings, lessons, and short videos from our Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies curriculum unit. Lessons on the human geography of the transatlantic slave trade; data, primary source, and art analysis; Juneteenth; reparative justice; and public memorials are included in the unit.
Visit the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies website for a conference description and registration information.
The location of this session will be announced during the week before the conference.
Co-sponsored by the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies
Register
$0Per Person
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Session participants will receive a complimentary print copy of the Choices Program’s Racial Slavery in the Americas curriculum unit and a one-year Digital Editions license to the unit.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This session is open to all NCCSS conference attendees. It will be especially useful for any middle or high school educators who teach about about slavery and its legacies. The unit is appropriate for middle and high school world and U.S. history courses.
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.