Connecticut Historical Society

The Connecticut Historical Society will provide digital access to primary sources as a response to new state legislation mandating every secondary school in Connecticut offer a course on Black and Latino studies starting in the 2022–2023 school year. Project activities include developing 10 digital resource packs that will contain digital copies of primary sources from the history society’s collection, a lesson plan linking the primary sources to themes in the state curriculum, and a short video giving deeper context to the primary sources. Staff members will work with a Teacher Advisory Board to plan, develop, and pilot test the resource packs before making them available for free on the museum’s website. As a result of the project, Connecticut teachers will have access to lessons aligned with the new state curriculum, and American history teachers outside of the area will have access to primary sources and content that illustrate the experiences of Black and Latino individuals in one of the country’s original colonies.