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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrederick Douglass: "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, United States History, Literary Analysis, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is part of their Documenting the American South (DocSouth) ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlavery's Opponents and Defenders
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States History and 2 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery by pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: ImageThe North Star: Frederick Douglass' Newspaper
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Arts, Media, & Entertainment, United States History, Career & Technical Ed, History-Social ScienceAfter escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass fought tirelessly for emancipation and full citizenship for African-Americans. Despit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbraham Lincoln, the 1860 Election, and the Future of the American Union and Slavery
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, U.S. Constitution, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery by pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfricans in America : Judgment Day, 1831-1865
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThe Africans in America documentary series, from PBS, explores the impact of slavery on Americans, white and black, as they fo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbolition, Anti-slavery Movements, and the Rise of the Sectional Controversy
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, Christianity, Religion, History-Social ScienceThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, discusses the rise of anti-slavery movements throughout the 19th cen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStrategic Reading and Writing: Summarizing Antislavery Biographies
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students practice writing effective summaries using biographies. They first read selections from ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTraveling the Road to Freedom Through Research and Historical Fiction
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read historical fiction to gain an understanding of an important period in American hist...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWould You Have Helped Out?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, Philosophy, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students investigate the dangers faced by escaping slaves and their helpers on the Underground ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Debate Against Slavery
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students argue against slavery using evidence they gather from archiva...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSpirituals
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This lesson, from EDSITEment, introduces students to the role that spirituals played in African American history and religion. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, offered by the Library of Congress American Memory Web site, presents the papers of Frederick Douglass, the 19th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHarriet Tubman Integrated Unit: Lesson 1
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students research and report on Harriet Tubman's life and accomplishment...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Courage to Freedom: Slavery's Dehumanizing Effects
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Literature, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students read Frederick Douglass's 1845 slave narrative, "Narrative of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuilting: The Story of the Underground Railroad
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, GeographyIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students use the Internet to research the dangers that escaping slaves faced along the Undergro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Visionaries: Frederick Douglass
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, The Civil Rights Movement, History-Social ScienceAmerican Visionaries: Frederick Douglass features items owned by the famous abolitionist, human rights and women's rights activi...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrederick Douglass
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, United States History, Literary Analysis, History-Social ScienceThe history of racial slavery in the United States is chronicled in PBS s Web site, African s in America. This page explores the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSlaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceSlaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 presents over 100 books and pamphlets on experiences of African and African-American slaves in ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNarrative of Sojourner Truth
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, found on the American Studies at the University of Virginia Web site, provides an account of the life of Sojourne...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeacher's Guide to Independence National Historical Park
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, United States, History-Social Science, GeographyTeacher's Guide to Independence National Historical Park helps teachers plan a trip to see Independence Hall, Congress Hall, Old...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0