Smithsonian Education | Teaching African American History: Acts of Resistance | Cultivating Learning @SmithsonianEducation | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Join educators from the National Museum of African American History and Culture to explore an expanding set of free digital materials on African American history, “North Star: A Digital Journey.” Designed for grades 6–12, the set features stories and throughlines from the museum’s permanent exhibitions. Using images, documents, videos, and checks for understanding, students and their adults can investigate and think critically about history.

In this session, we’ll focus on individual and community resistance. You’ll gain content knowledge applicable to teaching about slavery in the U.S. context as well as familiarity with the free online resources of “North Star: A Digital Journey.”

Session collection: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/teaching-african-american-history-acts-of-resistance-cultivating-learning/3DecmMtjXNLkRoqW

00:00 Welcome
03:58 Session Agenda
04:26 Opening Question and Introduction
13:14 Introduction to North Star
22:27 Historical Context
28:54 Exploring Historical Evidence: Activity Introduction
29:37 Exploring Historical Evidence with Documents
37:08 Exploring Historical Evidence with Artwork, Part 1: Looking 10x2
44:00 Exploring Historical Evidence with Artwork, Part 2: Step In, Step Out, Step Back
56:01 Exploring Historical Evidence: Reflection
59:35 Conclusion

This interactive webinar is part of “Cultivating Learning,” a professional development webinar series focusing on techniques to use digital museum resources for learning. Check out “Cultivating Learning” and other Smithsonian Learning Lab webinars: https://learninglab.si.edu/help