Screenshot of People not Property website

Through Their Eyes—The Stories of Enslaved Families, by La’Monique Adom
(Grades 3-5) 

Embracing Tradition, by Jasmine Bath
(Grades 3-5) 

Skilled Labor, by Kirsten Campbell (Grades 3-5) 

APUSH Enslavement in the North and South Lesson, by Kelly Cotton
(Grades 9-12) 

A Change is Gonna Come … Slowly, by Bob Fenster (Grades 9-12) 

Digital Literacy Scavenger Hunt Lesson, by Kelly Cotton (Grades 6-12)

Long Before Hip-Hop: The New York Uprisings of 1712 and 17, by Heather Ingram (Grades 9-12)

The Reverberation of Resistance, by Ahmariah Jackson (Grades 9-12) 

William Penn, by Melissa Kalwanaski (Grades 8-12)

Portraits of the Enslaved, by Mindy Lawrence (Grades 6-12)

The Economic Contributions of the Skilled Enslaved People at Philipsburg Manor, by Jennifer Lorenzo (Grades 9-12)

Rebellions of 1712 and 1741, by Tricia McNab (Grades 9-12) 

“When Freedom Wore a Red Coat” - Paths to Freedom, by Suzanne Perlis (Grades 8-12) 

People Not Property: Lessons and Activities

In 2022 and 2023, two cohorts of teachers from seven states worked with the Hard History Project and our partners at Historic Hudson Valley to invent and test teaching strategies to accompany the People Not Property website and materials. This project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.