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Pbs: Cet: Africans in America: The Threat of Fasting During the Middle Passage

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of how slaves tried to starve themselves to death on slave ships as a form of resistance, and how the slave traders forced them to eat so they would not lose money. Click on Teacher's Guide for teaching resources.
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The Concord Principles: An Agenda for a New Democracy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Ralph Nader's views on taking back power from self-serving institutions and the political system. This article written in 1992 sets forth ten arguments of how democracy has been abused and the means by which citizens can regain...

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