Education Resources

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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