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
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
In the College Classroom
Sexual Abuse and Family Separation in the Slave Trade: A Narrative
by Marshal L. Mencel
The Apprehension of Separation in the Domestic Slave Trade
by Katie Betschardt
This is the story of Elizabeth Butler who was separated from her family due to the 2nd Middle Passage
by Mia Clingham
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
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
Share Your Students' Work
Do you have student work from a lesson plan using Last Seen ads in your classroom? Would you like to share your students' work on our website?
Submit your students' work