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.
Conference Workshop
Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies
11:20 am — 12:20 pm
CCSS Conference Workshop
DETAILS
Explore the Choices Program curriculum unit Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies and engage in lessons and activities from the curriculum. The unit supports both students’ and teachers’ inquiry into a global history of slavery and its legacies. The curriculum unit includes student readings and lessons on the human geography of the transatlantic slave trade; data, primary source, and art analysis; Juneteenth; reparative justice; public memorials; and more.
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
This workshop is included with registration for the CCSS Annual Conference. All workshop participants will receive a three-month digital license to the Racial Slavery in the Americas curriculum unit.
Note: This workshop will begin at 11:20 am PT.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
All middle and high school U.S. history, world history, and ethnic studies educators as well as administrators are welcome to attend.
Be sure to stop by our exhibit booth to review all of our curriculum units! We’d love to see you there and answer any questions you may have about our materials.
Mimi is the Director of Sales and Professional Development for the Choices Program. Prior to joining the Choices Program in 2011, Mimi worked at Clark University where she served as the Director of the Teacher Center for Global Studies supporting K12 social studies teachers throughout Massachusetts for more than 20 years. Mimi holds a Masters in International Development and Social Change from Clark University.