Undeground Railroad
Lesson Plans | Primary
Sources | Timelines
Lesson Plans:
National
Geographic Classroom Ideas - National Geographic - The Underground
Railroad affords many educational opportunities. The activities presented
here, especially the interactive journey, offer readers an emotional
as well as historical experience regarding slavery. The Classroom
Ideas are tailored to various age groups. You may prefer to review
all of them to see which are most appropriate for your students
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad From the Historical Society
of Pennsylvania - Students will understand slave laws in Pennsylvania
in the antebellum period and assess their implications for the free
black, slave, and general populations of Philadelphia. Identify important
terms and key figures in Pennsylvania’s Underground Railroad.
Assess the operations of the Vigilant Committee and compare its role
to that of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Primary Source Documents:
Three
Posters from the Slavery Era - two reward posters for escaped
slaves and an abolitionist poster trying to prevent the recapture
of escaped slaves in the North. (web site created by students)
The
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 - Full text of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Timelines:
Underground
Railroad Timeline - a partial chronology of the Underground Railroad,
abolition and other key historical events bearing on the Underground
Railroad.
The
Story of the Underground Railroad - timeline for the underground
railroad from Fergus Bordewich's book, Bound for Canaan.
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