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.
Teaching About Racial Slavery and Its Legacies with the Choices Program’s History Materials
Providence, RI
The purpose of this two-day, interactive workshop is to introduce community college and upper level high school educators to the Choices Program’s curriculum for teaching about racial slavery and its legacies, and to provide specific ways to incorporate these materials into your courses.
Upon registration, we will activate your Digital Editions account with our Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom and Legacies unit. We ask that you preview the student readings and selected videos before the workshop.
See a draft schedule here.
“Thanks for a great workshop! It was well run, organized, and extremely useful. Your enthusiasm as well as the willing participation by those who attended made it a worthwhile day. You really are very good at this training and development and understand teachers, who they are, what they want, and how they operate. Thanks again for a great day of learning.” – Mike, Workshop Participant, Rhode Island
Participants will receive a print copy and one-year Digital Editions access to the Racial Slavery in the Americas unit as well as a print copy and one-year Digital Editions access to one of the three other units we will discuss—your choice at the end of the workshop. (The other units are The Haitian Revolution, We the People: A New Nation, and The Civil War and the Meaning of Liberty.) A Slavery and Legacy walking tour of the Brown campus will be part of the workshop. Lunch each day and a certificate of attendance are also provided.
If you would like to pay for this workshop with a Purchase Order, please contact our office at 401-863-3155 or choices@brown.edu.
This program is geared to community college instructors and high school educators who teach a U.S. and/or World History course or elective that addresses slavery and its legacies.