Participant Projects

The 2022 NEH Courting Liberty Institute participants created dynamic lessons focussed on the institute’s major themes.
 Click Here for Access to the Lesson Plans completed during the 2022 Institute session.
 Click on each theme below to access the lessons completed during the 2018 Institute.

The lessons emphasize the use of primary documents and student engagement.

 

2018 Abolition Lessons

                                       

  2018 Civil War and Reconstruction Lessons

 

              

2018 Constitutional Convention Lessons

2018 Pro-Slavery Lesson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2018 Slavery Lessons

 
 
 Click on each theme below to access the lessons completed during the 2016 Institute.

The lessons emphasize the use of primary documents and student engagement.

Constitutional Convention Lessons
Constitutional Convention Lessons
 

Abolition Lessons
Abolition Lessons

Plessy v Ferguson Lessons
Plessy v Ferguson Lessons
 

Slavery Lessons
Slavery Lessons

Slave Resistance Lessons
Fugitive Slave/Underground Railroad Lessons
 
 

Slave Rebellion and Resistance Lessons
Slave Rebellion and Resistance Lessons

Lessons Examining the Pro-Slavery Argument
Pro-Slavery Argument Lessons