To Be a Slaveby Julius Lester | 
This Newbery Honor Book personalizes the hardships and struggles of African-American slaves. The book contains a number of personal accounts from slaves and ex-slaves, who describe their experiences from the time they left Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century. |
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Books by Julius Lester
Enrichment Activities- Comprehension Tests
Check your students' comprehension of To Be a Slave with Comprehension Test A, Comprehension Test B, Comprehension Test C (answer keys included).
- Projects
Students can choose from six projects or complete the proposal form with their own project idea for To Be a Slave.
- Crossword Puzzle
After completing this crossword puzzle for To Be a Slave, students can explain the difference between an indentured servant and a slave.
- An Abolitionist Play
Students learn about five women abolitionists and are asked to write a one-act play that reflects the views of the women concerning the biracial makeup of the movement.
- Emancipation Proclamation
On January 1, 1863 President Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves. Read and analyze the entire speech with your students, as a whole class or a group activity.
- Famous Abolitionists
Share with your students reference articles on Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.
- Harriet Brent Jacobs
Harriet Brent Jacobs (1813-1897) was a slave who wrote an autobiography. In this lesson, students read an excerpt from her autobiography and react to it.
- Indentured Servants
This lesson helps students to compare and contrast European American indentured servitude to African-American servitude.
- New Bedford Virtual Field Trip
Take your students on a virtual field trip through New Bedford, site of the Massachusetts Underground Railroad.
- The Underground Railroad
Students take a cyber-journey through the Underground Railroad – the path to freedom for slaves in the 1850s.
Internet ResourcesAmerican Slave Narratives
Grade Levels: Intermediate, Middle, Secondary
These firsthand accounts came from former slaves who were interviewed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) writers and journalists from 1936-1938.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.htmlSlave History
Grade Levels: Intermediate, Middle, Secondary
A comprehensive collection of resources on the slave trade, including slave accounts, the slave system, slave life, anti-slavery groups, and more.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm Underground Railroad Virtual Journey
Grade Levels: Primary, Intermediate, Middle
Making choices of their own, students follow Harriet Tubman on one of her many freedom trips up the east coast.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j2.html
Books by Julius LesterAckamarackus
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream
And All Our Wounds Forgiven
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
Black Folktales
The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocked the World
Do Lord Remember Me
Falling Pieces of the Broken Sky
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Further Tales of Uncle Remus
How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have?
John Henry
The Knee-High Man and Other Tales
The Last Tales of Uncle Remus
Let's Talk About Race
Long Journey Home: Stories from Black History
Lovesong: Becoming a Jew
The Man Who Knew Too Much: A Moral Tale from the Baila of Zambia
The More Tales of Uncle Remus
Othello
Pharaoh's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
Sam and the Tigers: A Retelling of Little Black Sambo
Shining C
The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
This Strange New Feeling
To Be A Slave
Two Love Stories
Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales
What a Truly Cool World
When Dad Killed Mom
When the Beginning Began: Stories About God, the Creatures, and Us
Who I Am
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