Students will use critical thinking skills to analyze primary source documents related to the life of Benjamin Franklin and his relationship with slavery. This lesson
Although different in many ways, antisemitism in Nazi Germany during the 1930s and anti-Black racism in Jim Crow-era America deeply affected communities in these countries.
The Geography of Racism: Housing Policy features a 12-minute video that shows students how racism has affected the built landscape and physical infrastructure of U.S.
In the late 1800s, the United States began an educational experiment that the government hoped would change the traditions and customs of Native Americans. Special
Using a video featuring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, students compare legal and historical interpretations of seven women in Supreme Court history. Women’s Studies, Women’s Suffrage,
In this lesson, students will compare a firsthand account of the Civil Rights Movement with their preconceptions of it. Specifically, they will (a) know pivotal
Was George Washington a man of his time, a slaveholder in a state where 40% of the population were slaves? Was George Washington a conflicted
Ona Judge Staines was enslaved and forced to work as Martha Washington’s personal servant until she escaped from the President’s Mansion in Philadelphia. Much is
In August 2019, The New York Times Magazine published The 1619 Project, an ongoing initiative that aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the
In this lesson, students will work in pairs and use expert reading strategies to analyze the Court’s ruling in Hernandez v. Texas. After participating in
