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The Journey to Liberty

Join this course and journey through decades of plight experienced by African Americans in a long battle for freedom, including studies of the Slave Trade, The Civil Rights Movement and Rosa Parks.

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Max W

11-14, 14-16
Modern History

14 HOURS

14 LESSONS

The Journey to Liberty

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Course Overview


This course acts as a broad historical study, looking at African society pre-colonialism, then studying the creation of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the abolition of Slavery, and the Civil Rights Movement across the past centuries up to and including the present day. This programme is an important series of lessons dedicated to helping students understand more about how African Americans fought their way to freedom over time. It also provides a great deal of context on how the present day came to be and the further challenges that lie ahead in the future.

Course Content


14 LESSONS

14 HOURS Total Length

Lesson 1

African Society Pre-Colonialism

60 minutes

Lesson 2

Power and Empire: The Wealth of Africa

60 minutes

Lesson 3

Arrival of Europe in Africa

60 minutes

Lesson 4

How Was the Transatlantic Slave Trade Established?

60 minutes

Lesson 5

The Middle Passage and the West Indies

60 minutes

Lesson 6

Life on a Plantation: Historical Sources

60 minutes

Lesson 7

Abolition in America

60 minutes

Lesson 8

The Fall of the Slave Trade

60 minutes

Lesson 9

Plessy vs Ferguson

60 minutes

Lesson 10

African Americans and World War I

60 minutes

Lesson 11

Brown vs The Board of Education and the Death of Emmett Till

60 minutes

Lesson 12

Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X

60 minutes

Lesson 13

The Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement

60 minutes

Lesson 14

Civil Rights at the End of the 20th Century

60 minutes

Key Skills


Change and Continuity

Explanation of Ideas

Cause and Consequence

Analysing Significance

Educator

Max W

History Educator

With a degree in history from the University of Oxford, Max's lessons never fail to entertain and inform students, whilst developing their critical thinking and historical analysis skills.

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