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Teaching Hard History: American Slavery | Classroom Videos

Film cover of The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors.

In these short videos, historians and scholars explore the undertaught history of African and Indigenous enslavement in what is now the United States. (Available for streaming only)

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Slavery

Subject

Social Studies

History

April 22, 2020

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The History of Whiteness and How We Teach About Race

Historian Ed Baptist provides context on the creation and enforcement of a U.S. racial binary that endures today, as well as Black resistance as a force for political change.

September 13, 2021

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Teaching Hard History Podcast Season 2: American Slavery

Season 2: American Slavery Season 2 expands the in-depth look at the hard history and legacy of American slavery to focus on the enslavement of Indigenous peoples. Few, if any, textbooks talk about what historian Andrés

June 17, 2025

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What Districts Can Do To Support Educators in Teaching Honest History

District office personnel play important leadership roles in protecting educators who teach honest history.

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Slavery Rights & Activism

November 21, 2023

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March 14, 2018

Insist on Persistent Women: Women's History in the K-8 Classroom

Young people need stories of persistent women who have fought for gender equality. Women's History Month is a good time for us to recommit to teaching those stories.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Teaching Hard History Podcast Season 1: American Slavery

Season 1: American Slavery Season 1 offers an in-depth look at aspects of the history of American slavery and how to teach this hard history. Each episode explores a different topic and historical concepts, raises

June 12, 2025

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March 17, 2021

After Atlanta: Teaching About Asian American Identity and History

Person writing notes while looking at computer

One educator shares the conversation she started with students the day after the 2021 shootings in Atlanta and recommends resources anyone can use to teach about Asian American history and identity.

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Teachers Are Going Beyond Textbooks to Change History Education

Textbooks reflect dominant social structures—including biases and the lack of representation of people who are historically relegated to the margins. Educators are looking for ways to use and expand on textbook content to teach a more inclusive and honest history. These LFJ resources provide some suggestions for how to make that happen.

Going Beyond the Textbook
The New YA
Lies My Bookshelf Told Me: Slavery in Children’s Literature

August 2, 2022

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Teaching Hard History Podcast Season 3: The Civil Rights Movement

Season 3: The Civil Rights Movement Season 3 focuses on the Black freedom struggle — or the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. In each episode we explore a different topic, walking you through historical concepts, raising

June 17, 2025

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Teaching Hard History Podcast Season 4: The Jim Crow Era

Season 4: The Jim Crow Era Season 4 examines the century between the Civil War and the modern civil rights movement to understand how systemic racism and slavery persisted and evolved after emancipation—and how Black

June 17, 2025

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