Renée Ater is Associate Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland.
Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies
Providence, RI
NOTE: This workshop is full.
Participants will:
EXPLORE the new Choices Program unit Racial Slavery and the Making of the Americas and engage in lessons and activities from the curriculum. The curriculum will support both students’ and teachers’ inquiry into a global history of slavery and its legacies;
LEARN from a content presentation related to a theme found in the unit;
HEAR about the mission and work of the Center for the Slavery and Justice at Brown University.
All participants receive a one-year Digital Editions license for the Choices unit, Racial Slavery and the Making of the Americas.
A four-hour certificate of attendance will be provided, which reflects one hour of reading and reflecting that is expected to be completed by all participants before the workshop.
Free, thanks to generous funding from CSSJ.
Registration: You must register with a school email. If you register and do not attend, we will bill your school a $50 cancellation fee.
This workshop is limited to high school history and other social studies educators. High school humanities teachers often use our materials and are also invited to attend.
A limited number of seats have been reserved for Providence (Rhode Island) Public School high school teachers.
Enrollment is limited to 25. Please register early.