All Grades
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This resource includes three educator guides for implementing The 1619 Project books, A New Origin Story and Born on the Water, into classrooms.
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Educator-created activities designed to facilitate engagement with the 1619 books "A New Origin Story" and "Born on the Water."
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Explore resources and opportunities for sharing 'The 1619 Project' in afterschool education spaces.
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Resource Guides
The 1619 Podcast Listening Guide
In this lesson, students will listen, analyze, and respond to episodes of the 1619 podcast. The lesson includes time-stamped sections, guided questions, and extension activities for each episode.
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Lesson Plans
Exploring 'The 1857 Project: Extracting the Poison of Racism from America’s Soul' by William H. Freivogel
This lesson plan is designed to introduce William Freivogel’s essay, and The 1857 Project as a whole, through discussion questions and guided reading.
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These activities model ways that students can apply writing, research, discussion, and visual arts skills to explorations of essays written by students for The 1857 Project.
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Resource Guides
The 1619 Project Reading Guide: Quotes, Key Terms, and Questions
This resource includes quotes, key terms/names/historical events, and guiding questions for each of the essays and creative works that compose The 1619 Project.
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Lesson Plans
Index and Flashcards for Terms and Historical Events
A partial listing of historical events and terms referenced in The 1619 Project essays and Quizlet flashcards to support teachers and students with curricular integration.
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A lesson plan for close reading and guided discussion of Nikole Hannah-Jones' essay, which provides the intellectual framework and introduction for The 1619 Project.
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Standards-aligned activities drawing from concepts in the essays, creative texts, photographs, and illustrations to engage students in creative and challenging ways.
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A lesson plan to guide analysis of a video introduction to Nikole Hannah-Jones and The 1619 Project.