Learn More About It: Enslavement & The Path to Juneteenth

Information for Parents

• Writing & Teaching About Slavery: This document is very helpful in understanding appropriate language to use in your discussions.
• These are Words Scholars Should No Longer Use to Describe Slavery and the Civil War
• How To Discuss Slavery With Your Kids
• Teaching Hard History – American Slavery
• How Should We Talk WithChildren About Slavery
• Timeline of Slavery in America
• Freedom’s Story: Teaching African American History and Literature
• Who Was Freed Today in 1863? How to Read the Emancipation Proclamation with Kids
• Juneteenth
• What You Can Do About Racial Injustice This Juneteenth
• Teaching Juneteenth
• We Should All Know About Juneteenth

Information for kids

• BrainPop – Slavery
• Slavery in American for Kids and Teachers
• Enslaved Families: Lost and Found
• Animation Series: From Slavery to Freedom, The Underground Railroad
• Causes of the Civil War
• Mr. Betts’ Class – The Emancipation Proclamation: Mr. Betts has tons of amazing history lessons set to music.
• Two Minute History – Juneteenth
• Fifteenth Amendment Facts