ACTIVITIES
Visit New Bedford, Massachusetts, which was an integral part of the Underground Railroad.
BOOK GUIDES
Extend students' learning with discussion topics for Chains, a National Book Award finalist. The questions in this…
LESSON PLANS
Work with students to perform a Native American song and dance, Owl Dance. Allow them to describe and analyze the drum…
WORKSHEETS
This teaching guide includes author interviews, discussion questions, cross-curricular activities, and reading…
Students put together a book that details the end of slavery in the United States.
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.
Teach young children about the lives of former slaves and their families during the Reconstruction Era with the picture…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Learn about the horrendous conditions aboard the slave ships that carried Africans to America.
DAILY WARM-UPS
Develop students' reading skills with this printable passage of historical fiction and comprehension questions. This…
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.
Enrich students' understanding of Priscilla and the Hollyhocks with the cross-curricular activities and questions in…
This discussion guide to The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party by…
This reading guide for Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson includes a pre-reading activity about the French and Indian War,…
A list of the passengers on the Mayflower and a brief history of the sail.
Enhance students' understanding of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with the reading activities and questions in this…
Share the secret code of the Underground Railroad with your students. In this activity, children match the Underground…
Connect social studies and language arts with this writing prompt. Students will research slavery during the 1800s and…
