How Juneteenth School Lessons Can Help Teach Slavery Better
Juneteenth offers new ways to incorporate slavery and Black perseverance into American history lessons in schools.
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Juneteenth offers new ways to incorporate slavery and Black perseverance into American history lessons in schools.
Many students say they aren’t learning much about slavery beyond its harsh conditions. A historian explores how Juneteenth offers opportunities to change that reality.
Freedom is a key concept to study. Klaus Vedfelt via Getty ImagesWhenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as a child growing up in the Caribbean, they often look confused. Why, they ask, did I like learning about slavery given that it was so horrible and harsh? How could I value being taught about something that caused so much hurt and harm? That’s when I tell them that my teachers in St. Thomas – and my fourth grade history textbook – did