1790 – 1865 · Resilience Under Oppression
Innovation under conditions designed to prevent it. This lesson plan covers inventors whose work happened despite a system built to erase their contributions, not because that system supported them. Students examine what resilience actually looks like when the odds are structurally against you.
Includes: an overview of Banneker’s and Rillieux’s inventions and the conditions they worked under · discussion questions connecting historical resilience to obstacles students face today · one classroom or take-home activity · a connection back to the Field Guide for students who want to go deeper.
