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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.

Antietam National Battlefield

Freedom at Antietam

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students will read and evaluate primary and secondary resources to learn about the impact Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation had on African-Americans both enslaved and free and on white Americans.

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.

Booker T Washington National Monument

What is Freedom?

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The program is designed to compare and contrast Booker T. Washington and other prominent figures in their views of and experiences with freedom. The program also includes an opportunity for further examination of this topic over multiple periods of United States history.

Camp Nelson National Monument

Seeking Freedom in The Bluegrass

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

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Hampton National Historic Site

Choosing a Path in Freedom

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Sketch of Hampton Plantation.

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Freedom Versus Equality

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

After the Civil War battle on Roanoke Island African Americans find a haven from slavery. Through education and freedom they get their first tastes of independence.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha ("Local History")

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What was the life of a homesteader like and what tools from today would make their lives simpler?

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 2 - MAROONED FOR FREEDOM

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This lesson uses a song from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park cd Remembering 300: The Arrowhead Jazz Band, and a podcast from New Orleans Public Radio: More Than A Runaway: Maroons In Louisiana, https://www.wwno.org/post/more-runaway-maroons-louisiana . It concerns the history of free settlements established by escaped slaves in isolated areas of Louisiana, and the most famous leader of those settlements, San Malo, also called St. Malo or Juan Malo

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Good Intentions)

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Freeing the Elwha (Good Intentions)

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha: Life on the Homestead

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Freeing the Elwha: Life on the Homestead

Fort Donelson National Battlefield

The Free State at Fort Donelson

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Map depicts the best evidence of the Freedmen's Camp near Fort Donelson, Dover, TN, 1867

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.

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

After Appomattox: Artifacts of Slavery and Freedom

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, ending the Civil War. Use this online activity to learn about the historical events and their impacts at this small village, especially for enslaved African Americans.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Salmonid Natural History)

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

How does biological evolution account for the diversity and distribution of salmonid species?

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Aspect and Soil Moisture)

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What combination of factors both natural and man made is necessary for healthy river restoration and how does this enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities?

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 1 - JOURNALING WITH SONGS OF FREEDOM

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This lesson plan is designed to accompany the two disc cd set FREEDOM IS COMING: SONGS OF FREEDOM, RESISTANCE, AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. The set may be obtained from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70116, www.nps.gov/jazz

Independence National Historical Park

Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn about Independence Hall and about how the international influence of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution led to the designation of the building in which they were adopted as a World Heritage Site.

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.

Antietam National Battlefield

The Bloodiest Day in American History -- Hope for Freedom

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will assume the role of war correspondents and gather facts about the battle and President Lincoln's issuance of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation through analysis of primary and secondary sources.