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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Colonial New York Slave Codes: Law and Order

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Build a historical perspective from four different points of view. Young historians take on the role of a slave-owning white person, non-slave owning white person, slave, or free African-American person and imagine what life would be...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The House of Burgesses

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders role-play a session of the House of Burgesses, an early colonial judicial body. At the end of the role-play students discuss their perceptions of the House of Burgesses.
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Primary
Curated OER

National Park Service: Hampton Historical Site: Lives of Indentured Servants

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive article from Maryland Historical Magazine written about the indentured servants, particularly those in Hampton, Maryland.
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Primary
Other

Virtual Jamestown: Laws on Indentured Servants

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of laws and legal opinions from 17th-century colonial Virginia concerning indentured servants.