Lesson Plans:
Haitian Revolution Lesson Plan
A lesson plan for surrounding the compelling question, “what should we know about the Haitian Revolution, and why don’t we know it?” This plan provides objectives, materials, and additional resources to help students answer this question.
Resistance to Slavery Lesson Plan
From PBS – Geared for grades 6 – 10. Includes segments about Haitan Revolution, St. Augustine FL, Stono Rebellion (South Carolina), and Creative Resistance
Websites:
Resistance in the Caribbean podcast
An hour and twenty-five-minute long podcast, with accompanying transcript, on struggles, alliances, and achievements of slaves in the Caribbean.
Slave Resistance in the CaribbeanÂ
An interactive website that includes short essays, illustrations, and maps that address the different aspects of slavery in Caribbean islands colonized by the English and the French.
Logbook of Slave Trade in New London, CT
Made public by the CT State Public Library, an interactive copy of a 1757/1758 logbook of slave traders between New London, CT and Africa.
Resources from the U.S. National Archives – records related to the Black experience from multiple time periods in history
Readings, videos, and other resources about slavery in Connecticut from the Westport Public Library
A compilation of lessons and resources from the Yale MacMillan Center
Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project 1936-1938
Library of Congress – Born in Slavery Collection
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery Resistance, and Abolition
Lots of great resources for teachers plus PD opportunities
Slavery and the Making of America
Lots of Primary Sources from PBS
Includes links to primary sources, narratives, images, etc.
Teachers Guide – Africans in America
List of resources (books, websites, etc) related to African American History.
Understanding Slavery Initiative
Resources, lessons, and activities etc surrounding the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
From the United Kingdom National Archives
