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NMAAHC Educator Programs
Learn more about our Teaching and Learning Unit and Early Childhood Education Initiative
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NMAAHC Kids
Use this guide to discuss the important concept of freedom, the history of slavery and Juneteenth with young children
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Life in Freedom and Slavery
What can objects tell us about the daily lives of enslaved African Americans?
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Fate in Her Hands
Use this guide to open conversation about the economic and emotional toll of the U.S. Slave Trade
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NMAAHC Educator Programs
Learn more about our Teaching and Learning Unit and Early Childhood Education Initiative
![Photograph of protest](/static/895c8464064932ce654464098dab0766/8f91e/ForEducators_Guide_01_Juneteenth_v2.jpg)
NMAAHC Kids
Use this guide to discuss the important concept of freedom, the history of slavery and Juneteenth with young children
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Medieval West Africa
What can objects tell us about the history and culture of medieval West Africa (600 to 1400 AD)?
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Transatlantic Slave Trade
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
What can objects tell us about the creation, development, and characteristics of slavery in Colonial America?
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Atlantic Revolutions
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
What can objects tell us about the paradox of liberty in the new United States?
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The Founding Documents
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 War of 1812
What can objects tell us about the experiences of enslaved and free African Americans and their communities during the War of 1812?
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Colonization, Emigration, and Maroonage
What can objects tell us about the experiences of African Americans in relation to the Colonization Movement, emigration, and maroonage?
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The Documents of the Early Republic
What can objects tell us about the experiences of African Americans as understood through foundational documents that defined the political, economic, and social realms of the Early Republic?
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Westward Expansion and the Domestic Slave Trade
What can objects tell us about the experiences of African Americans in relation to Westward Expansion and the Domestic Slave Trade?
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Daily Acts of Resistance
What can objects tell us about the experiences of enslaved and free African Americans who engaged in daily acts of resistance?
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Life in Freedom and Slavery
What can objects tell us about the daily lives of enslaved African Americans?
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Abolition and the Coming of War
What can objects tell us about the abolitionists, the Abolitionist Movement, and the events highlighting the coming of the Civil War?
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The Business of Slavery and the North
What can objects tell us about the connections between the Northern states, industrialization, business, and the institution of slavery?
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The American Civil War
What can objects tell us about the experiences of enslaved and free African Americans and their experiences and participation in the American Civil War (1861–1865)?
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Documents of the Antebellum Era
What can objects tell us about the experience of African Americans during the Antebellum Era (1815–1860)?
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Press Play on History
Explore objects related to Juneteenth and create your own playlist to interpret the meaning of the holiday
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Thinking Through Complex Systems
Explore this collection to learn about the role of rice cultivation during slavery and the transmission of African traditions and knowledge
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Joyful ABC Activity Booklet Series
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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James Baldwin: Transatlantic Commuter
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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Nurses
Learn more about nurses’ work as community helpers with this collection of objects and photographs from the NMAAHC collection
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Activism
This collection is designed to spark conversations with children about activism and 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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School Days
What’s something you love learning about? Have you learned to do something new recently? How have you taught someone else? Use school-related objects from the National Museum of African American History and Culture to start a conversation!