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  • Reading Guide for Chains

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    Reading Guide for Chains

    Extend students' learning with discussion topics for Chains, a National Book Award finalist. The questions in this…

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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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    Slave Ships

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

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  • Historical Fiction Reading Warm-Up: Slavery & Literacy

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    Historical Fiction Reading Warm-Up: Slavery & Literacy

    Develop students' reading skills with this printable passage of historical fiction and comprehension questions. This…

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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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  • The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. 1 Discussion Guide

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    The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Vol. 1 Discussion Guide

    This discussion guide to The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by…

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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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  • Forge Discussion Guide

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    Forge Discussion Guide

    This reading guide for Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson includes a pre-reading activity about the French and Indian War,…

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  • Discussion & Genealogy Guide for Tea Cakes for Tosh

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    Discussion & Genealogy Guide for Tea Cakes for Tosh

    This discussion and genealogy guide for Tea Cakes for Tosh—written by Kelly Starling Lyons and illustrated by E. B.…

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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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  •  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Teacher's Guide

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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Teacher's Guide

    Enhance students' understanding of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with the reading activities and questions in this…

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    Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography

    Read about Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American reformer and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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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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