At George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Remembering the Enslaved People Who Built America

A tour guide at Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, who is also a distant relation of an enslaved person at the Virginia estate, offers his perspective about American history, slavery and the founding fathers.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2019/02/remembering-the-enslaved-people-who-built-america-on-washingtons-birthday
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Grades

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

Subjects

Citizenship, Foundations of Democracy, Legislative Branch/Congress

Issues

Ethics, Discrimination

Resource Types

Closed Captions, Video, Oral Histories

Teaching Strategies

Whole Class, Small Group

Constitution Articles

Preamble, Article I, 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Constitutional Convention