Colonial Williamsburg Presents: Harsh World, This World

Harsh World, This World

Bring your students to Colonial Williamsburg without ever leaving the classroom!  The Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips allow students to travel through time to experience life in colonial America.

The second installment in this seven-part series, entitled Harsh World, This World, explores what slavery was really like for enslaved people and their masters. Traditional proverbs guide students through personal stories, based on primary sources, showing kindness, betrayal, trust, cruelty, and the many emotions that govern complex human relationships.

Watch a preview here.

Harsh World, This World premieres on Thursday, November 17 at 1:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS / WHTJ PBS.

SOLs: History: VS.4, USI.9, VUS.3, VUS.6, VUS.7

Program Length: 1 hour

 

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