Inventing Black and White: Bacon's Rebellion
From: Facing History and Ourselves
Grade Level: HS, (College)
Remote Ready: Yes!
Time: 1-2 Class Periods
Length of Reading: Page
Check out this short reading and questions surrounding race and Bacon's Rebellion. If you log-in, there's a link to a 1-hour documentary on the right side of the screen that you can pair with the reading. The film is called Race: The Power of an Illusion (Episode 2: "The Story We Tell").
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Grade Level:
HS, (College): This lesson is meant for high school students; however we think it would be well suited for college students too
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Secondary Source: This activity utilizes secondary sources.
Movie: This activity involves a clip, film, or documentary.
Pyle, Howard, The Burning of Jamestown. Wikimedia Commons, 19 August 2025, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howard_Pyle_-_The_Burning_of_Jamestown.jpg.
