To Be A Slave
This story board will be used to teach students about Washington's life as a slave. While interacting with the park ranger, students will compare their life to Washington's life.
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“. . . I had the feeling that to get into a schoolhouse . . . would be about the same as getting into paradise." Booker T. Washington In this program, students participate in a flannel-board story activity and a walk that helps students compare their lives to the enslaved child, Booker. Students see, touch and smell life on the mid-19th-century Burroughs plantation. While exploring objects and clothing related to Washington and the farm, students understand the very personal meaning of slavery as seen through the eyes of a young boy. |
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War on the Home Front
Lifting the Veil
Clash of the Titans
Cast Down Your Bucket
Did You Know?
Booker T. Washington was born a slave on the farm of James and Elizabeth Burroughs on April 5, 1856.