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    New Bedford, MA and the Underground Railroad

    Visit New Bedford, Massachusetts, which was an integral part of the Underground Railroad.

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    Describing Drum Beats in Native American Music

    Work with students to perform a Native American song and dance, Owl Dance. Allow them to describe and analyze the drum…

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  • A Guide to Teaching About Freedom Struggles

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    A Guide to Teaching About Freedom Struggles

    This teaching guide includes author interviews, discussion questions, cross-curricular activities, and reading…

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  • Ellen's Broom Discussion Guide & Activities

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    Ellen's Broom Discussion Guide & Activities

    Teach young children about the lives of former slaves and their families during the Reconstruction Era with the picture…

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  • Slavery in the United States Little Book

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    Slavery in the United States Little Book

    Students put together a book that details the end of slavery in the United States.

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  • Free and Slave States, 1787

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    Free and Slave States, 1787

    Students identify states by their shapes and then sort the list by whether it was a free or slave state in 1787.

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  • Speaking of Slavery

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    Speaking of Slavery

    Word puzzles hold the answers to clues about issues of slavery in the United States.

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  • TEACHING RESOURCE

    Slave Ships

    Learn about the horrendous conditions aboard the slave ships that carried Africans to America.

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  • Underground Railroad Map - New Bedford, MA

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    Underground Railroad Map - New Bedford, MA

    This printable map will help students locate Underground Railroad sites in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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    William Bradford's Mayflower Passenger List

    A list of the passengers on the Mayflower and a brief history of the sail.

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  • Underground Railroad Matching Activity

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    The Underground Railroad Matching Activity

    Share the secret code of the Underground Railroad with your students. In this activity, children match the Underground…

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  • The Power of the Press

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    The Power of the Press

    Connect social studies and language arts with this writing prompt. Students will research slavery during the 1800s and…

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  • Twelve Years a Slave Teacher's Guide

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    Twelve Years a Slave Teacher's Guide

    Introduce students to the slave narrative genre, then begin an in-depth study with Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of…

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  • A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave Teacher's Guide

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    A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave Teacher's Guide

    A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave is easy to read; it makes the perfect selection for…

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    State Pier -- New Bedford, Massachusetts

    The site of a booming whaling industry in the 1800s and a place where many slaves first set foot on free soil.

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    Nathan and Polly Johnson

    Nathan and Polly Johnson helped many slaves find their way to freedom in the 1800s -- including Frederick Douglass.

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    Friends Meetinghouse

    The Friends Meetinghouse in New Bedford, Massachusetts was the site of abolitionist activity in the 1800s. View pictures…

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  • REFERENCE

    Harriet Tubman Biography

    An article about Harriet Tubman.

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    Frederick Douglass

    A brief article about abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

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    Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman's heroic rescue effort brought slaves to freedom.

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    The Amistad Rebellion

    Read the story of the Amistad Rebellion onboard a slave ship.

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    Slavery and the Constitution

    Slaves were not protected by the original version of the U.S. Constitution.

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    Slavery: An Incalculable Human Loss

    Slavery was an American Holocaust.

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