Information Wanted — Educator Resources
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Information Wanted — Educator Resources

Educator resources from the Information Wanted project, which centers on 'Last Seen' and 'Lost Friends' ads placed by formerly enslaved people searching for family members separated by the domestic slave trade. Includes historical context essays, ready-to-go lesson plans, short classroom activities, audio and video excerpts of teachers sharing their experiences, examples of student work, and links to additional online resources for teaching this hard history.

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Tags

lesson planslast seen adslost friends adsdomestic slave tradefamily separationprimary sourcescurriculum

Time Period

Pre-1865 (Slavery Era)

Geography

United States

Audience Level

All Levels

Audience

Educators, Researchers, Black genealogists