Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Abolitionists: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin

9th - 10th
Video clip tells about the impact of novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe on the abolitionist movement. [5:17] Supplemental material for both students and teachers is included.
Instructional Video
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Biography of America: The Coming of the Civil War

9th - 10th
The tenth in a series on the history of the United States, this video examines the events leading to the Civil War. Access to related links and maps is also provided. [26:40]
Instructional Video
A&E Television

History.com: The Abolitionist Movement

9th - 10th
A detailed account of the Abolitionist Movement, and the roles certain men and women took to ensure the liberation of all slaves. Hear of Reverend John Rankin's freedom lantern, William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator and John Brown's...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

9th - 10th
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 created conflict between Southern and Northern states over the issue of slavery.
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Us History #18: The Election of 1860

9th - 10th
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about the election of 1860. The tensions between the North and South were rising, ultimately due to the single issue of slavery. The North wanted to abolish slavery, and the South wanted...
Instructional Video
A&E Television

History.com: The Underground Railroad

9th - 10th
At this site from the History Channel, you can read about the famous people and places associated with the Underground Railroad, "the term used to describe a network of persons who helped escaped slaves on their way to freedom."