Resistance and Revolution: Using Primary Sources to Teach the History of Enslavement

• In Event: Teaching History for Justice

Abstract

Social studies classrooms tend to create an “illusion of inclusion” that fail to challenge Eurocentrism. Our lessons, however, attempt to examine the history of resistance to enslavement from the perspectives of those enslaved. This workshop will provide specific examples with strategies for incorporating primary sources into the classroom.

Authors

• Wade Morris, Georgia State University

• Chara H. Bohan, Georgia State University

• LaGarrett Jarriel King, University of Missouri - Columbia