Massachusetts

Kindergarten and first grade students explore concepts of enslavement, resistance, and racial justice through an analysis of primary source documents reflecting resistance to slavery in Lowell, MA.

Kindergarten students use the Whole Book Approach to analyze Born on the Water to understand the system of enslavement and how people who were enslaved engaged resistance, resilience and hope.

Students apply math skills, research into historical wealth gaps, and an analysis of reparations models to an investigation into whether reparations are due to the descendants of enslaved people.

Students explore the cultural and creative traditions that were carried northward as people migrated in the lead up to the March on Washington.

Students will learn about the history of race in the early American colonies, discussing the start of slavery in Virginia and the treatment of Native Americans in New England.