{"id":2069,"date":"2009-11-21T19:27:44","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T00:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2069"},"modified":"2009-11-21T19:27:44","modified_gmt":"2009-11-22T00:27:44","slug":"teaching-history-with-childrens-literature-if-you-lived-when-there-was-slavery-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/21\/teaching-history-with-childrens-literature-if-you-lived-when-there-was-slavery-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching History with Children’s Literature: If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America<\/a>, written by Anne Kamma and illustrated by Pamela Johnson, is a comprehensive book that answers many of the questions students may have about slavery.<\/p>\n

What was it like to be a slave in America?\u00a0 Where would you sleep?\u00a0 What would you eat?\u00a0 Could you get married or go to school?\u00a0 How hard did you have to work?\u00a0 When did slavery end?\u00a0 If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America <\/em>answers all these questions and many more in language that is easy for students to comprehend.\u00a0 It is written in second person language so that students are easily engaged in the information.\u00a0 Each page provides an illustration that truly conveys the many injustices that African Americans faced during times of slavery.\u00a0 This is an excellent book to use when discussing the Civil War and slavery.\u00a0 It could be shared with a whole class by the teacher or students could easily explore it on their own.<\/p>\n

“Where did American slaves live?”<\/em>
\n“Most lived on farms called plantations.\u00a0 Some plantations were small farms with only a few slaves.\u00a0 Others were big, with hundreds of slaves.\u00a0 Most were in between.”<\/p>\n

“What would you wear?”<\/em>
\n“Every winter, owners handed out new clothes to their slaves.\u00a0 But often owners didn’t give them enough clothes to wear, even though it was the slaves’ hard work that made the owners rich.”<\/p>\n

“What would your name be?”<\/em>
\n“Your father and mother might name you Sally or Ned, after a favorite grandparent.\u00a0 Or Kagne or Cuffy, after an African ancestor.\u00a0 Some children were named after of the week they were born on, just as many children in Africa were.\u00a0 Sometimes the owner gave children the names he wanted them to have.”<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections:<\/strong>
\nIf You Lived When There Was Slavery in America<\/em> really addresses all aspects of the lives of African American slaves.\u00a0 This book correlates nicely with the Virginia History and Social Science Standards of Learning VS.7 which covers the issues that divided the nation and led to the Civil War, including the roles of whites and enslaved African Americans.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources:<\/strong>
\nRunaway Slave Project<\/a>:\u00a0 This is a project for older students.\u00a0 The goal of the project is for students to pretend that they are a runaway slave, traveling on the underground railroad.\u00a0 Students must use their research to describe their path, write a journal, and create a map of their journey.\u00a0 This site provides a nice list of resources for students to use for research.<\/p>\n

Slavery Is…<\/a>:\u00a0 This is a project that a fourth grade class did in 1998.\u00a0 It is an activity that could be recreated in a classroom or simply shown to students to encourage them to think of their own definitions of slavery.<\/p>\n

Underground Railroad activity<\/a>:\u00a0 This activity from National Geographic is like a ‘choose your own adventure’ online.\u00a0 Students are told that they are slaves traveling on the Underground Railroad and are given different choices to click on such as approaching a safe house or hiding in the woods.<\/p>\n

Harriet Tubman Reader’s Theater<\/a>:\u00a0 This is a reader’s theater for students to act out about Harriet Tubman’s life.<\/p>\n

General Information:<\/strong>
\nBook:\u00a0 If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America
\nAuthor:\u00a0 Anne Kamma
\nIllustrator:\u00a0 Pamela Johnson
\nPublisher:\u00a0 Scholastic, Inc.
\nPublication Date:\u00a0 2004
\nPages:\u00a0 80 pages
\nGrade Range:\u00a0 3-8
\nISBN:\u00a0 049567068
\nISBN-13:\u00a0 9780439567060<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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