Jesus M.

Diaz HIST 4330 May 16, 2023

OUT Lesson Plan

Teacher:

A Slave in the Eyes of the United States

Title:

History
Subject:

10th Grade
Grade Level:

§113.51 (B) (c) (1) (C)analyze the effects of dehumanization through the capture,
TEKS: trade, and enslavement of Africans, within a regional and global context,
including the Atlantic Slave Trade.

 Students will comprehend the difference between the narratives of

slavery in the United States offered by textbooks.
Learning Objectives:  To realize the emphasis of textbooks on providing excuses for the
enslavement and horrid treatment of African-Americans.

 What is a major issue about the way in which textbooks expose slavery?
Essential  What is paternalism and why might this view on the treatment of
Question(s): enslaved Black people be misleading?
 What impact did the slave trade have on African countries?

 Paternalism
Essential  Exports
Vocabulary:
 Imports

History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History

 Chapter 12: Slavery

U.S. History
Resources/ Materials:
 Chapter 12.2: https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/12-2-african-
americans-in-the-antebellum-united-states.
Jesus M. Diaz HIST 4330 May 16, 2023

Procedures: Lecture on impact of slavery in Africa and slavery in the U.S.

Time: 5 min.

Students will read chapter 12 on History Lessons: How Textbooks

from Around the World Portray U.S. History and chapter 12.2: Time: 15 min.
African Americans in the Antebellum United States on U.S. History

Group Activity: students will get in groups of four and each

member will have a role (facilitator, note taker, presenter, and
organizer). In their groups, students will discuss the 3 essential Time: 5 Min.

questions.

The Presenter of each group will share their group’s responses

with the rest of the class. Time: 10 min.

Assessment: Students will write one paragraph about the most significant Time: 5 min.
piece of information they learned that day.