Useful Links
Biographies https://nbhistoricalsociety.org/portfolio-item/harriet-jacobs-writer/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2923.html A virtual tour of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/harriet-jacobs/index.html |
Primary Sources
Harriet A. Jacobs (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897 and Lydia Maria Francis Child, 1802-1880, edited by
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself.
https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/menu.html
Excerpt of the Book
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2924t.html
Primary Source Set: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/dpla-pss-072/primary-source-set-incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-by-harriet-jacobs/
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself.
https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/jacobs/menu.html
Excerpt of the Book
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2924t.html
Primary Source Set: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/dpla-pss-072/primary-source-set-incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-by-harriet-jacobs/
Classroom Resources
Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Keckly: The Material and Emotional Realities of Childhood in Slavery
In this lesson, students learn firsthand about the childhoods of Jacobs and Keckly from reading excerpts from their autobiographies. They practice reading for both factual information and making inferences from these two primary sources. They will also learn from a secondary source about commonalities among those who experienced their childhood in slavery.
https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/harriet-jacobs-and-elizabeth-keckly-material-and-emotional-realities-childhood-slavery
This teaching guide helps instructors use a specific primary source set, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, in the classroom. It offers discussion questions, classroom activities, and primary source analysis tools
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/dpla-tg-072/teaching-guide-exploring-incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl/
This collection uses primary sources to explore Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide.
https://files.nc.gov/dncr-historicsites/lesson-plan_edenton.pdf?iZWLORVPqq_il2_bWFvCzH_sGsgAlgT9
In this lesson, students learn firsthand about the childhoods of Jacobs and Keckly from reading excerpts from their autobiographies. They practice reading for both factual information and making inferences from these two primary sources. They will also learn from a secondary source about commonalities among those who experienced their childhood in slavery.
https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/harriet-jacobs-and-elizabeth-keckly-material-and-emotional-realities-childhood-slavery
This teaching guide helps instructors use a specific primary source set, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, in the classroom. It offers discussion questions, classroom activities, and primary source analysis tools
https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/dpla-tg-072/teaching-guide-exploring-incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl/
This collection uses primary sources to explore Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide.
https://files.nc.gov/dncr-historicsites/lesson-plan_edenton.pdf?iZWLORVPqq_il2_bWFvCzH_sGsgAlgT9
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