Teaching American Slavery and Its Legacy. If you are lesson planning for the school year, teaching about the November 19 anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, or getting ready to celebrate Juneteenth -- the June 19 holiday recognizing the abolition of slavery -- this AFT Share My Lesson collection has what you need to teach preK-12 students the history of American slavery.
To raise awareness of the issue of modern day slavery; To develop vocabulary, looking at a range of topic related nouns and verbs. E.g. trade, product, campaign; To develop reading and speaking skills through a jigsaw reading activity, and other speaking tasks. To provide an introduction to, or a review of, simple past and simple present.
Slavery existed in many cultures, dating back to early human civilizations. A person could become enslaved from the time of their birth, capture, or purchase. Slavery was legal in most societies at some time in the past but is now outlawed in all recognized countries. The last country to officially abolish slavery was Mauritania in 1981.
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Links to the curriculum and ideas for further work have been included where appropriate. New! We have uploaded a number of resources looking at different aspects of slavery which have designed for use on interactive whiteboards. At the moment, these are only available for use on Smart Boards but we hope to release Promethean compatible versions.