ACTIVITIES
Visit New Bedford, Massachusetts, which was an integral part of the Underground Railroad.
LESSON PLANS
Work with students to perform a Native American song and dance, Owl Dance. Allow them to describe and analyze the drum…
WORKSHEETS
Students identify states by their shapes and then sort the list by whether it was a free or slave state in 1787.
Word puzzles hold the answers to clues about issues of slavery in the United States.
TEACHING RESOURCE
Learn about the horrendous conditions aboard the slave ships that carried Africans to America.
REFERENCE
Read about Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American reformer and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
An article about Harriet Tubman.
A brief article about abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
The site of a booming whaling industry in the 1800s and a place where many slaves first set foot on free soil.
Nathan and Polly Johnson helped many slaves find their way to freedom in the 1800s -- including Frederick Douglass.
The Friends Meetinghouse in New Bedford, Massachusetts was the site of abolitionist activity in the 1800s. View pictures…
Interesting facts and fun activities related to anti-slavery campaigner John Brown.
This reading guide for Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson includes a pre-reading activity about the French and Indian War,…
Connect social studies and language arts with this writing prompt. Students will research slavery during the 1800s and…
Read the story of the Amistad Rebellion onboard a slave ship.
Slaves were not protected by the original version of the U.S. Constitution.
Slavery was an American Holocaust.
This printable map will help students locate Underground Railroad sites in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Harriet Tubman's heroic rescue effort brought slaves to freedom.
Offer a rational opinion about a hypothetical situation involving conscience versus the law.