1.   Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Each group will receive a specific list of countries from the Human Trafficking website as their area of responsibility. Each group will receive two days to work together in order to present the results of their assigned research to the rest of the class.

2.   Human Trafficking & Modern Day Slavery - Laws & Conventions Each student will be assigned a country from the Human Trafficking website and given one week to conduct the research and submit a report. The report is expected to cover all of the Lesson Objectives (above), with some emphasis on the last four of the objectives.

3.   Human Trafficking & Modern Day Slavery The anticipatory set for this lesson will be a brief discussion of how people get trapped into modern-day slavery and what governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are doing to counteract it. The anticipatory set will serve to enforce the concept that social change can be accelerated when resources are provided and intelligent leadership is exercised.

4.   Understanding the Personal Reality of Slavery Using case studies of modern-day slavery, students will identify the four major types of modern-day slavery: forced labor, debt bondage, chattel slavery, and child labor. In addition, students will consider the personal, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual elements of a slave's life as expressed in the case studies.

5.   Newsflash: CBS Evening News Using a portion of February 1, 1998 CBS Evening News broadcast about slavery in Sudan that students have requested from CBS, students will determine the four major types of modern-day slavery: forced labor, debt bondage, chattel slavery, and child labor.

6.   Types of Modern-Day Slavery The teacher will fully define each form of modern-day slavery using the charts generated on Section 2. Students will learn the geography of modern-day slavery. Students will use a world map to visually represent where each type of slavery exists.

1.   iAbolish iAbolish Lesson One: Grabbing the Students' Attention Overview Students will be introduced to modern-day slavery by reading undated accounts of slavery. Students will examine their beliefs about when slavery occurred and whom it affected. Students will consider their emotional and intellectual responses to the knowledge that slavery still exists throughout the world. Home iAbolish Blog Objective + What We Do +...

2.   iAbolish iAbolish Lesson Two: An Overview of Modern-Day Slavery Overview Use the emotion, energy, and curiosity created in Lesson 1 as a catalyst for Lesson 2. This lesson begins with a word-splash. Students discuss the words in pairs and hypothesize about the words' relationship to slavery. Next, students read the article independently and participate in a grou...

3.   Crossroads: Middle School Curriculum Crossroads: Middle School Curriculum Unit VI: "Now We Are Engaged In A Great Civil War," 1848-1880 Question 1: What was life like for slaves in the United States prior to the Civil War? Resource 1: Personal Accounts of Slavery: Slave Auction Resource 2: Personal Accounts of Slavery: Slave Auction Resource 3: Personal Accounts of Slavery: Breakup of Families Resource 4: Personal Accounts of Slavery: Slave Trade Resource 5: Personal Accounts of Slavery: Living Conditions Resource 6: Personal Accounts of Slavery: Living Cond...

4.   Crossroads: Middle School Unit VI What was life like for slaves in the United States prior to the Civil War? ...Curriculum Unit VI: "Now We Are Engaged In A Great Civil War," 1848-1880 Question/Problem 1: What was life like for slaves in the United States prior to the Civil War? Contents Objectives Description of lesson/activity Resources Objectives: The students will be able to: 1. understand the context of slavery in the United States. 2. explain how the institution of slavery dehumanized people. 3. gather and interpret information from personal accounts of slavery. 4. write a report on the evils of slavery. Description of lesson/activity: 1. In Unit V students investigated the "ambiguous democracy" in Americ...

5.   Abraham Lincoln on Slavery and Race _ In This Issue _ Abraham Lincoln on Slavery and Race by Roberta McCutcheon The Historians Perspective _ _ Background: Slavery played a prominent From the Teachers Desk role in America?s political, social, and economic history in the antebellum era. The South?s ?peculiar institution? was at the forefront of discussions _ _ ranging from the fut...

6.   Crossroads Slavery and the Underground Railroad Information Institute of Syracuse _ Printer friendly text Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Lesson Plan : CC-0062 Selection Criteria Copyright Lesson l: Slavery and the Underground Statement Railroad. Objectives: The student will be able to: 1. describe slavery as practiced on plantations in the South prior to the Civil War. 2. explain the goals and methods of the abolitionist movement. 3. describe the work of the Underground Railroad. Description of lesson...

7.   iAbolish iAbolish Home Lesson Seven: TV Addresses Modern-Day Slavery iAbolish Blog + What We Do Overview + Our History + Speakers Bureau Students will request and receive a copy of an October 1999 episode of Touched by An Angel. Students will have a class debate about slave buybacks as presented in Touched by An Angel. + Modern Slavery 101 Objective + Essays on Slave...

8.   iAbolish iAbolish Lesson Three: Connecting the Past to the Present Overview Students will work in cooperative groups to investigate the various forms of contemporary slavery. Groups of four students will read one of four articles and have a group discussion about the content of the article. The discussion will be structured: The teacher will time the lesson and each student will have a particular role to assume. After the small group discussions, the teacher will facili...

9.   Digital History Slavery Submitted by: Students in CUIN 6345 University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA Lesson Plan Information: Grade Level: High School (9-12) Introduction/Overview: Learning Objectives: The student is expected to debate the institution of slavery based on the information from first person narratives. Addi...

10.   History Now. From the Teachers Desk ...onist Movement The Historians Perspective _ _ Essential Question Did militancy help or hinder From the Teachers Desk the abolitionist movement? Materials Document Excerpts (pdf) _ _ Abolition Timeline (pdf) Background Although the original Constitution of the United States did not mention the word ?slavery? in its Introduction text, it recognized the Lesson Plan 1: existence and High School legality of this institution. It Lesson Plan 2: protected the _ High School _ rights of slaveholders Lesson Plan 3: with regard to Middle School the return of runaway slaves, Lesson Plan 4: and by Elementary School...