Preface:

This seminar focused on developing new teaching and learning strategies from two interrelated areas of research on the history of slavery: an insider’s view of the research being done by the Penn Slavery Project’s student researchers, and an introduction to recent historical scholarship. Beginning in the fall of 2017, a group of students under Professor Brown’s supervision looked at various connections between the University and slavery, including economic ties to the slave trade and early medical research that promoted biological racism. The seminar challenged teachers to find meaningful ways to bring the research into the schools. Throughout the semester we brainstormed strategies for the K-12 classroom.