AAS.SS.15.A
Describe the efforts to prevent the education of enslaved people and free African Americans, including anti-literacy laws.
Ethnic Studies: African American Studies · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2010
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effortseducationenslaved peoplefree African Americansanti-literacy laws
Skills
- describe (efforts to prevent the education of enslaved people and free African Americans) #dok1
- identify (anti-literacy laws) #dok1
- analyze (the impact of efforts to prevent education for enslaved and free African Americans) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can describe efforts to prevent the education of enslaved people and free African Americans. #dok1
- I can identify anti-literacy laws that affected enslaved people and free African Americans. #dok1
- I can analyze the impact of anti-literacy laws and educational restrictions on enslaved people and free African Americans. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Denying education to enslaved people and free African Americans was a systematic strategy to maintain control and oppression.
- Anti-literacy laws and other preventative measures were significant barriers to African American advancement and empowerment.
Essential Questions
- Why were enslaved people and free African Americans prevented from receiving an education?
- What were anti-literacy laws, and how did they function in society?
- How did efforts to prevent education affect individuals and communities of African descent?
- What were the long-term consequences of denying educational opportunities to African Americans?