Extra Credit Opportunities

  1. Watch Descendant on Netflix and write a 1/2 to one-page (single-spaced) review/reflection.

  2. Pick a reading from this list that is NOT on this course’s syllabus and write a 1/2 to one-page (single-spaced) review/reflection. If you choose a book, read a minimum of one chapter.

  3. Watch Amistad and write a 1/2 to one-page (single-spaced) review/reflection.

  4. Visit the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA and write a 1/2 to one-page (single-spaced) review/reflection. Note: You have to visit the Memorial for your Engagements Experience anyway; might as well do the extra credit, too!

  5. Watch Twelve Years a Slave and write a 1/2 to one-page (single-spaced) review/reflection.

  6. Enter data for five fugitive advertisements for Freedom on the Move.

  7. Find a digital history project online that interests you, and write a one-half to one-page review of that project. If you have trouble finding one, email me and I can make a few suggestions.

    Have another idea? Email me and let me know!