About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
WHY DO WE NOT VIEW WHITE WOMEN AS ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PERPETUATION OF AMERICAN SLAVERY AND WHITE SUPREMACY?
Objectives: SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted primary and secondary source complex texts regarding white women as active participants in slavery and white supremacy toward skill building for the long-extended essay portion of the AP American History.
Citations:
BOOK: Jones-Rogers, Stephanie (2018) They Were Her Property: White Women As Slave Owners In The American South. New Haven: Yale University Press.
WARM UP:
https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/
VIDEO: ‘They Were Her Property: White Women As Slave Owners in the American South’ – Rising Up With Sonali (12minutes)