Teach high schoolers about the difficult legacy of slavery in the United States with a video that summarizes the institution that stemmed from a cotton-based agriculture and economy. It details the brutality of slave discipline, slave efforts for resistance from oppression, and the systematic legal and cultural degradation of slaves.

Concepts

harriet tubman, slavery, the united states civil war

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Additional Tags

chattel slavery, harriet tubman, nat turner, social studies

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Classroom Considerations

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Frequently incorporates images, animations, and direct primary source quotations to illustrate content

Cons

• Video begins with third-party advertisement

Common Core

SL.9-10.5 SL.11-12.5 RH.11-12.7