Teaching Up from Slavery | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: A Slave Among Slaves Booker T. Washington is born a slave and, as a young boy, lives and works with other slaves on a plantation. The objective of this lesson is to better understand the challenges of life as a slave.

1) 1. Class Discussion - Where and when is Booker T. Washington born? Who are his parents? Where does he live on the plantation? What type...
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