Teaching

K-12 and AP/College Classes

In spring 2021, the CCP Curriculum Committee released 16 teaching guides that can be taught in conjunction with the volume The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century (2021), edited by P. Gabrielle Foreman, Jim Casey, and Sarah Lynn Paterson. Visit our Curriculum page for more information.

CCP Curriculum
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Also visit the Center for Black Digital Research’s Curriculum for K-to-College page for teaching guides related to Douglass Day, our annual transcribe-a-thon.

CBDR Curriculum
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Seeking Records Classroom Module

The Colored Conventions movement generated a rich and varied documentary record—from the minutes of the proceedings themselves and the coverage they received in newspapers, to the vigorous debates their participants engaged in and the legislative petitions they created to advocate for Black rights. The process of bringing the long and dynamic history of the Colored Conventions to digital life is one of archival recovery and innovative partnership. The Seeking Records Classroom Module invites participating faculty and students to join us in the exciting process of locating historical documents related to the Colored Conventions and presenting them to the public for the very first time.

How to Become a Teaching Partner — on hiatus

After several years of classroom implementation, we are revamping the Seeking Records Classroom Module. We look forward to presenting the new and improved module in the near future. Reach us at info@coloredconventions.org if you have any questions about our classroom module.

Research Resources and Classroom Modules 

As part of our ongoing effort to bring the buried history of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life, the Colored Conventions Project team has developed a range of research-based teaching materials to engage faculty, students, and the general public in the rich documentary record of the Colored Conventions movement. CCP scholars and librarians have curated sample writing assignments, research guides, educational resources, and an innovative classroom teaching module, all designed to encourage investigation into the themes and debates that arose for the Black men and women who organized, attended, and supported the Colored Conventions. Reach us at info@coloredconventions.org to learn more about our teaching materials and classroom module.

Guidelines and Agreements

Research Guides

North American Teaching Partners

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Kate Adams
Tulane University

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M. Christine Anderson
Xavier University

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Kimberly Blockett
Penn State Brandywine

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RJ Boutelle
Florida Atlantic University

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Mary Chapman
University of British Columbia

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Anna Mae Duane
University of Connecticut

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Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Rutgers University

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Benjamin Fagan
Auburn University

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Sharla M. Fett
Occidental College

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Charlie Gleek
Florida Atlantic University

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Laura Helton
University of Delaware

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Josh Honn
Northwestern University

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Kate Masur Northwestern University

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Monica L. Mercado
Colgate University

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Joycelyn Moody
University of Texas

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Kristin Moriah
Queen’s University

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Lynette Young Overby
University of Delaware

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Jean Pfaelzer
University of Delaware

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Selena Sanderfer
Western Kentucky University

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Leslie Schwalm
University of Iowa

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Matthew Taylor
Northwestern University

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Toniesha L. Taylor
Texas Southern University

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Shirley Moody-Turner
Pennsylvania State University

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Sarah Wasserman
University of Delaware

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Ivy Wilson
Northwestern University

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Rafia Zafar
Washington University

The Colored Conventions Project, Douglass Day and Liberatory Tech
are projects of the Center for Black Digital Research, #DigBlk, at Penn State University.

The Colored Conventions Project appreciates the support of:

The Colored Conventions Project was launched & cultivated at the University of Delaware from 2012-2020.

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