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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Debating Abolition
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Should you kill to end slavery? This program works with students to understand the range of options open to abolitionists, from pacifist William Lloyd Garrison to the violence of John Brown.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Abe’s Childhood Adventures
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Lincoln's character traits, such as honesty, perseverance, and compassion shaped the ways he influenced history. Meets Kentucky K-2nd grade reading standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.
First State National Historical Park
Flight to Freedom on the Underground Railroad: Emeline’s Journey
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
An interactive overview of slavery and abolition in Delaware told through the compelling story of enslaved Emeline Hawkins and her family, and their escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad. This program takes place at the New Castle Court House Museum.
Theodore Roosevelt Island
Mr. Lincoln's Soldiers
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Mr. Lincoln's Soldiers is a two and a half hour program that gives students hands-on experience exploring life as a Union army recruit at Camp Greene, which was located on Theodore Roosevelt Island during the Civil War. The island provides an ideal setting for examining such concepts as the abolition of slavery, the experience of African American soldiers in the Civil War, and the effects that serving in the Union Army had on soldiers.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Peace Picnics and Community in Hopedale
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In 1842, a group of like-minded individuals created a commune called Hopedale. Under the leadership of minister Adin Ballou, people came to Hopedale to live out their values, which included Christian non-resistance and abolition. In this lesson, students will read primary source accounts about anti-slavery meetings and celebrations independence in Hopedale, MA and consider how people use speeches and print to make persuasive arguments.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Radical Hospitality at the M'Clintock Home
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Thomas and Mary Ann M'Clintock made this their home for 20 years. They ran a local business, led the local Quaker Monthly Meeting, and were involved in almost every reform activity in Western New York. On July 16, 1848, Mary Ann M'Clintock hosted a session for the First Women's Rights Convention where planners drafted a document they called the Declaration of Sentiments proclaiming that "all men and women are created equal."
Women's Rights National Historical Park
The Works of Faith: The Hunt Family Legacy
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
When Richard Hunt first came to Waterloo, NY in 1821, he found a boom town. He and his second wife, Jane, were closely associated with local Quaker families, and intimately engaged in local business ventures. Through their faith and their industry they effected change in the community, and beyond. Explore their works--from the Underground Railroad to their woolen mill, to the tea party that set off a rebellion.
First State National Historical Park
Freedom
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students can experience the fight for and against freedom by enslaved African Americans and those who knew them through stories, artifacts, documents and the examination of Delawareans in history, in the location where the events took place, The Old State House. This program takes place around The Dover Green.
Stones River National Battlefield
Stones River National Battlefield Museum Scavenger Hunt
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Explore the Battle of Stones River and its place in the Civil War by searching for answers in the park's museum exhibits. We have scavenger hunt quizzes suitable for 3rd through 8th grade students.
Stones River National Battlefield
Stones River National Battlefield History Hike
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Forward March! Join a park ranger for half-mile walk through the battlefield and learn about the Battle of Stones River on the ground where men in blue and gray struggled decades ago.
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In 1847, Massachusetts Senator Edward Keyes called to end the U.S.-Mexican War. Keyes claimed it was an unjust war with a “darker shadow . . . the extension of slavery.”
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
What can we learn about the lives of enslaved people from primary sources?
- Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students examine primary and secondary sources, including two short films, to explore the life of an enslaved woman in Salem. The essential question asks students to consider what we can learn about the history of slavery from primary sources.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Read with a Ranger Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This program illustrates how a woman and a former enslaved person worked towards changing society. It ties women and enslaved people’s roles in the formation and continuation of the Natchez Trace.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Read with a Ranger Charlotte Spies for Justice
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Are you finding it difficult to teach or discuss the Civil War and slavery with early elementary students? This program discusses bravery and making difficult choices. A brief discussion of the battlefields, as well as general survival along the Natchez Trace is incorporated.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Declaration of Independence Remix
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students examine primary source documents and discuss ideas and beliefs in the Declaration of Independence and who was included and excluded.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Enslaved Women & Revolutionary Resistance
- Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students use primary sources and historical knowledge to explain how enslaved women resisted slavery in the Revolutionary Era.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Black Resistance through Election Day
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students analyze primary sources to learn about the history of Black Election Day and the ways enslaved people resisted their enslavement in Massachusetts.
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
‘Henry ‘Box’ Brown: An Extraordinary Journey to Freedom’
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
‘Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad,’ is a Caldecott Honor children’s book that sensitively introduces the experience of enslavement through the personal story of Henry ‘Box’ Brown whom successfully obtained his freedom by mailing himself to Philadelphia. The program consists of reading a book and completing thematic activities designed to fulfil national as well as New York State curriculum standards.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Freedom for All? (High School)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In this lesson, high school students analyze primary sources to learn about the lives of two formerly enslaved people who were part of the first generation of freed people in Massachusetts.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Freedom for All?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson, students analyze primary sources to learn about the lives of two people who were part of the first generation of freed people in Massachusetts.