Student Work

Interested in using one of our lesson plans? Curious to see what other teachers' students are doing? Below are a few examples of the different ways teachers are using Last Seen ads in their classrooms.

Grades 6-8

Love & Marriage: The Search for Husbands and Wives after Emancipation
Love & Marriage: The Search for Husbands and Wives after Emancipation

This image is from Day 3. Students wrote a poem, created and image, and then during a gallery walk, students added their reflections.

Teacher: Monique McKinney

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In the College Classroom

The Traumatic Effects of the American Slave Trade
The Traumatic Effects of the American Slave Trade

by Camille Johnson

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Sexual Abuse and Family Separation in the Slave Trade: A Narrative
Sexual Abuse and Family Separation in the Slave Trade: A Narrative

by Marshal L. Mencel

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The Apprehension of Separation in the Domestic Slave Trade
The Apprehension of Separation in the Domestic Slave Trade

by Katie Betschardt

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Searching Until the End of Time
Searching Until the End of Time

by Melissa Gunnoe

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This is the story of Elizabeth Butler who was separated from her family due to the 2nd Middle Passage
This is the story of Elizabeth Butler who was separated from her family due to the 2nd Middle Passage

by Mia Clingham

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John Taylor searching for his wife
John Taylor searching for his wife

This is the story of John Taylor looking for his wife Rachel Taylor who disappeared while on her way to a new job just outside of DC

by Aleisha Hopkins

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A daughter's attempt to find her lost mother and sisters
A daughter's attempt to find her lost mother and sisters

Follow the story of Elizabeth Butler, a daughter trying to reconnect with her mother and three sisters who she lost during the Second Middle Passage, or domestic slave trade, ten years prior.

by Madison Stewart

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