To whomever this may concern, My name is Charlotte and I am a 15 year old girl, struggling to find a place where I may play my part in the war against slavery, especially slavery involving teens and children. I have looked into several charities and all have an age restriction of 18. Whilst I…
Tag: Slavery
Nineteenth Century World History: 1800-1810 {Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition}
There was a whole heap of interesting stuff going on in the early 1800's. Great Britain was indeed great and steaming forth as leaders in the industrial revolution (steaming? Geddit?!); the East India company is growing, increasing Britain's influence over the world; Napoleon becomes known as an invincible leader; Morphine is isolated, making opium a lot…
Follow the Drinking Gourd {FIAR}
My older three have been deep in study learning about slavery and its abolition. I thought it might be quite nice to teach one topic all together so chose a couple of the Five in a Row picture books which have the theme of slavery running through them: Follow the Drinking Gourd and Who Owns the…
Who Owns the Sun {FIAR}
As part of our slavery mini unit, I thought I would take the little ones through two Five in a Row selections: Follow the Drinking Gourd and Who Owns the Sun? For both we will be following the FIAR suggestions for study, but in addition to those I will be focusing our studies on one…