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Students build a comprehensive understanding of the origins and current effects of incarceration on contemporary art-making through collaborative projects, writing prompts, and a gallery exhibition.

California State University, Los Angeles

Through the study of primary source documents as well as the experiential learning in the community garden, students will be asked to reimagine how stories about slavery are told.

Community Education Project

Professors share activities utilized in school of education courses to engage students with "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story" and "The 1619 Project: Born on the Water."

Pulitzer Center Education
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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.

Donnalie Jamnah
Pulitzer Center Staff

How are the ways we work and move a part of the legacy of slavery in the United States? Explore five modules about how capitalism, labor, and even American traffic are shaped by practices that...

Multiple Authors

Explore essays from The 1619 Project that challenge readers to think about how the history of slavery has been taught—and how contemporary legal discussions are linked to slavery.

Multiple Authors

What do American art and music say about our society and the law? What do they say about what this country has become? Explore an article, photo essay, and poem to discuss the ways the institution of...

Multiple Authors

How is America’s health care system linked to the institution of slavery? Use this resource to discuss terms like “medical apartheid” and analyze the impact socialized health care systems might have...

Multiple Authors

Use this resource to explore the work of Bryan Stevenson, Michelle Alexander, and Dorothy Roberts on the subject of mass incarceration, and examine connections between slavery, Jim Crow, and mass...

Multiple Authors

This lesson plan is designed to introduce William Freivogel’s essay, and The 1857 Project as a whole, through discussion questions and guided reading.

Christina Sneed
Guest Contributor

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.

Pulitzer Center Education
Lesson Builder User

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.

Pulitzer Center Education
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