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Slavery in America up until 1791
PRINT RESOURCES: NON-FICTION
A History of US: FROM COLONIES TO COUNTRY: 1710–1791
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/product.html?record@TF33602+s@yU5aafC9b0PDc
I know Julie is aware of this resource, but thought I'd put it on the list as you might want something like this as a classroom resource. There is also an accompanying DVD listed below. A very palatable textbook as it has a nice layout and text; one in a series that covers US history.
Africans in America : America's journey through slavery, Charles Johnson
http://tinyurl.com/prst7s
A teacher resource that is in the WCLS collection and could be used with PBS website and/or DVD of the same title. See links below.
African-Americans in the thirteen colonies, Deborah Kent
http://tinyurl.com/p3j7ga
Discusses economic reasons for slave trade, why it flourished and why Native Americans and indentured servants were not enslaved. Mostly good reviews. Grades 3-5.
Building a new land : African Americans in Colonial America, James Haskins and Kathleen Benson
http://tinyurl.com/p4z4bz
Few reviews, but looks like it would have information on the culture of slavery. May be a bit above reading level, but I put it in as it may also have useful maps, illustrations such as slave advertisements etc.
Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for Young People, Charles Sullivan
http://www.amazon.com/Children-Promise-African-American-Literature-Abradale/dp/0810982218/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242222528&sr=1-1
Uses the work of over 60 artists, poets and writers to document the African American experience in America from colonial times to the present.
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road, Julius Lester
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0140566694/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
Powerfully illustrated and with fantastic reviews, this book personalizes the slave experience for children and adults alike. Presents the horrors of the slave ships, auction blocks and plantation life while personalizing the topic by asking kids to envision how they would feel if that was happening to them.
If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America, Anne Kamma
http://www.amazon.com/Lived-When-There-Slavery-America/dp/0439567068/ref=pd_sim_b_2
Basic information on why the slaves were brought here, why they were enslaved, and what life was like for them.
Life on a Plantation, Bobbie Kalman
http://www.amazon.com/Plantation-Historic-Communities-Bobbie-Kalman/dp/0865054657/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242160814&sr=1-1
Portrays slave life "without resorting to graphic violence" according to reviewer from Book Informed Resource. For ages 9-11.
The Strength of These Arms: Life in the Slave Quarters, Raymond Bial
http://tinyurl.com/p7z8mw
Photo essay that gives insight into the daily life of slaves in comparison to slave holders. SLJ solid review.
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist, Jacqueline Morley, David Salariya, and David Antram
http://www.amazon.com/You-Wouldnt-Want-American-Colonist/dp/0531163989/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242220448&sr=1-1
This book might have some information on what it was like to be a slave during colonial times. If not, it is good just to know about these highly illustrated and high kid-appeal books on all sorts of topic from Ancient Egypt to US history.
Only passing through [sound recording] : the story of Sojourner Truth, Anne Rockwell
http://tinyurl.com/qzg3xh
Grades 3-6, book on tape with accompanying text. Tells about her life from slavery to emancipation; includes 2 songs about her life.
PRINT RESOURCES: FICTION
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859, Patricia Mckissack
http://tinyurl.com/o3swst
Outside of your time period, but a good read for one of your more motivated students. From the Dear America series.
Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson
http://www.amazon.com/Chains-Laurie-Halse-Anderson/dp/1416905855/ref=ed_oe_h
Though for more advanced readers, I include this book because it is a National Book Award finalist and spot on your topic that you might want to use sections or parts of the audio recording from above. A teenage slave living in Colonial Massachusetts is sold to a ruthless Loyalist family.
Chains (Audio version), Laurie Halse Anderson
http://www.amazon.com/Chains-Laurie-Halse-Anderson/dp/1423367308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242219752&sr=1-1
Audio recording of the book.
Abraham Lincoln [sound recording] : letters from a slave girl, Andrea Davis Pinkney
http://tinyurl.com/qlth6d
Fictional letters written between A. Lincoln and a slave girl. Might have some good details on conditions and culture of slave life for students to examine. Text also available.
Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies, Mary Lyons
http://tinyurl.com/qldyyz
A great book for a higher end reader or just to have in your library collection. Fictionalized scrapbook kept by a young black girl who was freed by her older, white friend and sent to get an education.
Now Let Me Fly: The Story of a Slave Family, Dolores Johnson
http://catalog.wcls.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.TW&term=Now+Let+Me+Fly%3A+The+Story+of+a+Slave+Family%2C&profile=&searchButton=GO#focus
A grim, though important, story of one slave woman's family and her life. Though it opens in 1815, I thought it would be a good source for introducting this topic.
Working Cotton, Sherley Anne Williams
http://tinyurl.com/odw6t8
A Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Honor Book, this well illustrated picture book uses poetic text to describe a migrant cotton picking family's day. Might be a good connection to talk about what happened to all those slave families after emancipation as well as connect with migrant families in their midst today.
DVD/CD-ROM RESOURCES
AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/product.html?nocache@7+s@tsePwfnYak6q.+record@TF38135+s@tsePwfnYak6q.
From a series called the AMERICAN HISTORY FOR CHILDREN VIDEO SERIES, it has a few segments which bookend your topic from "Journey from Africa" to "Resisting Slavery." No reviews that I could find, but given that segments are relatively short (25 mins.) it might be a useful classroom resource.
Africans in America : America's journey through slavery, PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/shop.html
A 4-part TV series that originally debuted in 1998, this series might be worthwhile to purchase and to download specific clips to use in the classroom.
OUR EARLY UNITED STATES
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/product.html?nocache@3+s@MNkMoJPzbKmW.+record@TF37887
This might just be what you wanted. Designed for grades 2 and up, it has one section that discusses slavery and the early abolition movement. Segments are 20 mins. in length. No reviews.
CURRICULUM RESOURCES
A DAY IN THE LIFE
http://www.history.org/History/teaching/Dayseries/ditl_index.cfm
Online activities, lesson plans, blog, podcasts and lots of other multi-media information on Colonial Williamsburg. Here is a link to podcasts about African Americans living in Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.org/media/podcasts_category.cfm
Also available, mini-documentaries produced by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation documenting daily life. Has lots of supplemental educational materials that comes on a CD ROM.
Africans in America (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/
A wealth of art, documents, maps, lesson plans and more covering the history of Africans coming to America and the conditions of their lives here. You can also purchase the TV series if you want to make a digital toolkit of images or sections to show students. See below under DVD & CD-ROM. There is so much good stuff here! Also check out the Youth Activity Guide for ideas on Oral History Projects and other ideas.
ANALYZING VISUAL PRIMARY SOURCES: Elementary Grades
http://www.socialstudies.com/c/product.html?nocache@3+s@tsePwfnYak6q.+record@TF39686+s@tsePwfnYak6q.
Power point presentation that helps teachers and students examine primary source material from various historical time periods including one entitled "Slavery." Might be useful with this and future CBAs.
Smithsonian Digital Archives
Exhibition on Slavery:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&exkey=143&pagekey=238
Slave shackles, photo
http://historyexplorer.americanhistory.si.edu/artifacts/resource.asp?id=1512
Slave Life and the Underground Railroad
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory/tryathome/activities_slave.html
Lesson plan, great primary source material, online "document detective" activity, how to use rice plantation tools and lots more to excite students.
GENERAL RESOURCES
Facing the Future
http://www.facingthefuture.org
Gates Foundation funded curriculum "think tank" that designs curriculum for classroom use based on issues of sustainability. May be good for use with other CBAs.
History Link
http://www.historylink.org/
A free on-line encyclopedia of Washington State History that is also accessible through the WCLS website. Has a fantastic database of biographies, photos, slideshows, interactive "cybertours" and essays about the people and places in Washington's history.
Smithsonian Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/
Great site for artifacts, lesson plans and more.
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