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An ambrotype of an African American woman with a flag pinned to her chest inside an ordinate gold frame.

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Photograph of Black and white child

Fate in Her Hands

Educator’s Guide

Use this guide to open conversation about the economic and emotional toll of the U.S. Slave Trade

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Life in Freedom and Slavery

Learning History Through Objects

What can objects tell us about the daily lives of enslaved African Americans?

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For Educators Learning Lab 03 Medieval West Africa

Medieval West Africa

What can objects tell us about the history and culture of medieval West Africa?

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For Educators Learning Lab 11 Colonization

Colonization, Emigration, and Maroonage

What can objects tell us about the experiences of African Americans in relation to the COlonization Movement, emigration, and marronage?

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Transatlantic Slave Trade

Learning History Through Objects

What can objects tell us about the experiences of those involved in creating and profiting from the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and those who were kidnapped and sold?

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Slavery in Colonial America

Learning History Through Objects

What can objects tell us about the creation, development, and characteristics of slavery in Colonial America?

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Atlantic Revolutions

Learning History Through Objects

What can objects tell us about the cultural understanding, use, and destruction of slavery throughout the Atlantic World by revolution?

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The Paradox of Liberty

Learning History Through Objects

What can objects tell us about the paradox of liberty in the new United States?

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The Founding Documents

Learning History Through Objects

What can objects tell us about the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and their relationships to the paradox of slavery and freedom in the new United States?

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Free African Americans and Their Communities

What can objects tell us about the experiences of free African Americans and their communities throughout the United States?

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The National Museum of African AMerican History & Culture logo of the building against a teal background.
A purple silk banner with gold fringe and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs' motto, "LIFTING / AS / WE CLIMB" painted in large gold letters.

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For Educators MW Learning Labs James Baldwin Image

James Baldwin: Transatlantic Commuter

Learning History Through Objects

This Learning Lab Collection asks students to analyze documents, images, and objects that give insight into James Baldwin’s life as a transatlantic commuter and use objects to understand how they impacted his work and writings

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Image of For Educators MW Learning Labs Maes Hats

Mae’s Hat Collection

Early Childhood Education

Explore a colorful collection of hats made by the amazing milliner Mae Reeve

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For Educators MW Guides Joyful ABC Image

Joyful ABC Activity Booklet Series

Early Childhood Education

These downloadable activity booklets invite caregivers and educators to support children’s positive identity development while also growing their language and literacy skills with activities, museum objects, and new words

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Image of For Educators MW Learning Labs Activism

Activism

This colleciton is designed to spark conversation with children about activism annd what children and adults can do to help make their communities, schools, and the world better, more fair places for all people.

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Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and Modernized Schools

(H)our History Lesson

The National Park Service provides this lesson plan for teachers on the history of Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and their work developing the Rosenwald Schools

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