Finding Freedom – Interactive Online Storybook

Drawing from historical sources as well as contemporary analysis, Finding Freedom explores the lives and decisions of five real people of African descent living in Virginia in 1781, as the British and American armies battle across the state. Their first-person narratives – supported by classroom resources, including primary sources – feature points of decision-making to

https://www.amrevmuseum.org/interactives/finding-freedom
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Resource provided by Museum of the American Revolution

Grades

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 5, 6

Subjects

Rights and Responsibilities, Foundations of Democracy, Citizenship, History

Issues

Discrimination, Ethics, Economy

Resource Types

Primary Sources, Research (Digests of Primary Sources), Essays, Media, Video, Audio, Interactives, Art, Modules (Teaching Unit), Lesson Plans

Teaching Strategies

Informational Text, Media, Whole Class, Whole Class Discussion, Whole Class Deliberation, Small Group, Small Group Discussion, Small Group Deliberation, Individual Work, Analysis, Writing, Primary Source, Debate