The mission of the Center for Learning on Slavery - the educational arm of the museum - is to promote greater understanding of the history and effects of slavery. |
At the center of the Museum’s mission is the capacity to present the complex issue of slavery in a more balanced, comprehensive and comprehensible manner. Historians now acknowledge the centrality of slavery to the early economic and political development of the United States of America. Yet, in far too many settings slavery is still viewed in a time worn reactionary and jaded manner. It is for this reason that the U. S. National Slavery Museum will become the national repository for an expanded focus on this topic along with scholarly resources to support revisionist efforts that will be directed towards new knowledge, conciliation and ultimately a much better informed public.
The Center for Learning has already begun working with public educational institutions at the elementary and secondary levels to incorporate more complete and accurate information on slavery in their curricula and standardized assessments. Similarly, the Museum has a university consortium that will focus on improving teacher education programs as well as engaging in seminal research, archeological and anthropological projects.
The Center also has the capacity to conduct staff development and in-service training for schools and organizations.
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Case Statement
- Sixteen page information booklet on USNSM signed by Former Virginia Governor and current Richmond, VA Mayor, The Honorable L. Douglas Wilder.
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Answers - Information and Activities on American Slavery for Teachers, Students and Parents
- An educational tool loaded with little known and unknown information about slaves and slavery. The resource is aligned with national and state assessment standards.
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The American Slave Code and the Underground Railroad
- Level Elementary
- The purpose of the lesson is to examine how slave codes, designed to maintain social, political, and economic dominance over slaves in American society, regulated the practices of the institution of slavery.
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The American Slave Code and the Underground Railroad
- Level Middle and High
- The purpose of the lesson is to examine how slave codes, designed to maintain social, political, and economic dominance over slaves in American society, regulated the practices of the institution of slavery.
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The Institution of Slavery During Two Time Periods
- Levels Middle School (challenging) and High School
- The purpose of the lesson as an overall goal, will be for the student to be able to analyze the social, racial, political, and historical aspects of the institution of slavery. Students will draw conclusions and develop persuasive arguments as they apply knowledge of United States history from perspectives within the context of 21st century America. The purpose of the primary lesson is to use primary and secondary sources to investigate the historical, political, and social characteristics of the institution of slavery. Examining writings in selected passages from the Old and New Testament will allow students to identify characteristics of slavery from the recorded history of a Middle Eastern ancient civilization.
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The American Slave Code and the Underground Railroad
- Middle School
- The purpose of the lesson is to examine how slave codes, designed to maintain social, political, and economic dominance over slaves in American society, regulated the practices of the institution of slavery.
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Lesson Plan - Lesson Plans on American Slavery
Grade 4,6,middle and high school
Slave Narratives: Hardships of Daily Life
American Slavery: Why it was Different then Slavery During Back to Antiquity?
Now Free Were "Free" Blacks?
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