{"id":6439,"date":"2022-02-07T22:07:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T22:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-illinois-organizing\/?page_id=6439"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T23:32:06","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-illinois-organizing\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Page Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Exhibit Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;content&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_color_bottom=&#8221;#E09900&#8243; global_module=&#8221;6078&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50Ijoic2l0ZV90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IjxoMj4iLCJhZnRlciI6IjwvaDI+In19@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Page Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Page Title&#8221; module_id=&#8221;page-title&#8221; module_class=&#8221;page-header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Teaching Resources<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Here we offer\u00a0three teaching resources designed to adapt <a href=\"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-illinois-organizing\/\"><em>Black Organizing in Pre-Civil War Illinois: Creating Community, Demanding Justice <\/em><\/a>for high school classrooms. These resources encourage students to develop an understanding of the lives and activism of Black residents in Illinois in the 1840s and 1850s, think about the many ways people have resisted oppression, and make connections to their own lives. The resources below were developed by a team of three teachers at Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois. 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Three separate areas are discussed here: 1) Religion and Resistance 2) Churches, Religion, and Education 3) Women, Gender, and Resistance.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1hVUf7zyHfYitanpAxcYuN8orkJCqfjBTIX-Q2n6dlyQ\/edit&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;View as Google Doc&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9hdHRhY2htZW50Iiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjY5NTQifX0=@&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Download PDF&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;button_url&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Credits&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Credits<\/h4>\n<p>These Teaching Resources were prepared by Dr. Kamasi Hill, Michael Pond, and Yosra Yehia, history teachers at Evanston Township High School (ETHS), in consultation with Dr. Kate Masur, project director of <em>Black Organizing in Pre-Civil War Illinois. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The materials were reviewed by Janel Moore Almond, Middle and High School History Educator, Colored Conventions Project (CCP) Teaching Advisory Board; Denise Burgher, Senior Team Leader and Chair of Community Engagement and Curriculum, CCP; and Samantha de Vera, Mellon Just Transformations Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State University. 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