About Us

The creators of this blog are pre-service social studies teachers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We are participating in the creation of a unit which focuses on African American history in the United States through slave narratives.

The members of our group include:
Joe Delinski
Jordan Medard
Tyler Overstreet
Ashley Wood

We have also collaborated with a corresponding group of pre-service language arts students during the creation of this unit.

The members of the language arts group are:
Tim McCormick
Kyle Redmon
Olivia Sarmas
Sam Wietecha