AFRICAN AMERICANS
IN US HISTORY

Elevate your classroom through the integration of African American history into your classroom curricula.

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The curriculum is flexibly designed, allowing you to use a single lesson, a collection of topics or a unit to form a powerful vehicle for bringing the history of African American life to middle and high school classrooms. As the expert in your classroom, you are able to move through each theme as a structured whole to explore the fullness of the events and figures of the timeframe or take one focus in history and explore it across multiple timeframes.

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Delve into each theme to find a rich introduction to historical figures and topics, unique primary sources, engaging activities and tasks.

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Each unit is inclusive of historical content knowledge, contemporary connections, and skill-based activities to bring African American history to life in your classroom.

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Innovative and intellectually compelling, the lesson and primary source materials easily fit into conventional "scope and sequence" plans and align to the NCSS C3 framework.

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Making freedom

Making Freedom intentionally illuminates the variety of experiences of African Americans

Focusing both on individual ideas and actions and on collective efforts to hold America accountable to the ideas of freedom and equality both in its original print version and its revised digital format.

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Freedom & Equal Rights

Freedom & Equal Rights

28+ Lessons

Culture & Community

Culture & Community

13+ Lessons

Economy & Society

Economy & Society

23+ Lessons

Historical Events, Movements, and Figures

Historical Events, Movements, and Figures

40+ Lessons

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Testimonials

The Making Freedom sourcebooks and CDs (originally published in 2004) are a treasure trove of documents, analysis, and resources guaranteed to inspire lively classroom discussion and thoughtful student research. This original collaboration between teachers and scholars offers extraordinary access to the historical and continuing role of African Americans in the shaping of our nation.

Dr. Marilyn Richardson

former curator of the Museum of Afro-American History and the African Meeting House

In its presentation of primary sources and learning strategies, Making Freedom has no rival in the area of African American history.

Professor Gary Nash

Primary Source has been INVALUABLE in building my foundational knowledge about diverse cultures and sensitive topics. Simply learning about diverse cultures in the thoughtful and thorough manner that Primary Source approaches global education on a variety of topics has enabled me to connect with my students in a much more authentic and broader manner. Primary Source is THE BEST resource for educators who have “caught the bug” to teach about global cultures in any curriculum.

Teacher Acton-Boxborough

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Primary Source has done an outstanding job of highlighting cultures and regions of the world that are often underrepresented in history curriculums. There is a professionalism in creating content/courses and a vetting of presenters and topics that happens with this organization that is outstanding. They aren’t afraid to have the tough conversations.

Teacher Weston Public Schools

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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN US HISTORY