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Cabin from Point of Pines Plantation in Charleston County, South Carolina

This cabin served as housing for enslaved persons in South Carolina. Despite some changes since emancipation, the house provides insight into the living conditions of enslaved persons on large southern plantations.

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Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 14, 2017

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The Land We Love (1866)

This table compares southerners and British people using 1860 census data.

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Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

Geography

December 15, 2017

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Negroes for Sale

This is an image of an advertisement for a slaver's auction. It describes the enslaved people available for purchase.

E.E. Hundly, W. Robinson, and H.M. Robinson

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

Economics

December 15, 2017

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Poster Warning Blacks in Boston: Kidnappers

The Fugitive Slave Law, passed September 18, 1850, denied a jury trial to any individual accused of escaping from slavery.

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Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

December 15, 2017

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Stowage on the Slave Ship Brookes, 1788

This 18th century sketch depicts how enslaved people were packed into ships on the Middle Passage.

British Abolitionists

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

Economics

January 4, 2018

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Issue 58, Spring 2018

A Message From Our Director

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello encourages educators to confront the difficult truths of American history.

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

Understanding the Why

Maribel Valdez Gonzalez explains why project-based learning is key to engaging, authentic, equitable education.

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Ellen Fracassini

Ellen Fracassini taught seventh and eighth grade for 10 years in New York City public schools, where she also held various teacher leadership positions. She earned her master’s degree from Fordham University in Secondary English Education. She is an experienced ELA curriculum writer and currently teaches seventh and eighth grade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, public schools.

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Literacy as Resistance

This image group features portraits of Frederick Douglass, Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano, who all learned to read and write while they were enslaved. Each used their gifts to help end slavery.

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Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 28, 2020

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Chains

These images show how enslavers used chains as a way to take freedom away from enslaved people. This text contains sensitive images that may not be suitable for all students.

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Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

History

January 28, 2020