Supplements for Teaching Freedom in U.S. History

Curriculum UnitEnglishBlack/Latinx Studies
Written By ARTLC Team

Curriculum Unit. By Katherine Matsukawa and Adrian Kyle Venzon. In collaboration with Jason Burger.

Alexander H. Johnson, the first African-American musician to enlist in the military. Known as “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh,” Johnson joined the 54th Massachusetts Infantry as a sixteen-year-old under Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.

Alexander H. Johnson, the first African-American musician to enlist in the military. Known as “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh,” Johnson joined the 54th Massachusetts Infantry as a sixteen-year-old under Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.

This compilation of resources is for middle-school educators teaching the concept of freedom in U.S. History.

Two sub-folders of this Google Drive are dedicated to the individuals Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. Overall, the resources have been curated to highlight everyday and collective acts of resistance in the movement towards abolishing slavery.

All materials are accessible to and adapted for a virtual classroom and can be easily translated into in-person materials.

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