Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Enslaved African Americans and Expressions of Freedom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze a painting from African-American culture to determine its meaning. Reading slave spirituals, they discover what live was like for African-Americans who were enslaved in the South. They draw conclusions about their desire...
Website
Digital History

Digital History: Religious Freedom and the Founders

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the background for the Founding Fathers' support of freedom of religion and separation of church and state. Included are parts of letters in which George Washington and Thomas Jefferson celebrate the fact that the United States was...
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Equal Status of Jewish Americans

For Students 3rd - 8th
This 3-page article provides a general overview of George Washington recognizing the equal status of Jewish Americans in 1790.