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Curated OER

Inspiring Freedom: The Remond Family and Abolitionism in Salem

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine the abolitionist movement in Salem. Exploring the contributions of the Remond family, they identify how they made the issue one of national and international importance. They discuss the views of the south and how...
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Curated OER

Finding Buck Henry

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students read and demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process via the novel "Finding Buck Henry." They recognize complex elements of plot. Students analyze devices used to develop characters in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Southern Agriculture and the Slave Trade

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between agriculture and the slave trade during the 1860s. In groups, they research how two factors led to the explosion of slavery in the Southern United States. Using maps, they answer comprehension...
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Curated OER

Speaking Out For Women's Rights

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners write a children's story in which the characters are encouraged to speak out for the equality of women. They create a character and plot outline that includes details and supporting statements for women's rights. A brief 2-3...
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Curated OER

Lesson Plan: The 1856 Election

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the key issue in the election of 1856, they also identify some of the key people invovled in the election. Students discuss the role of propaganda in politics. Also, students discuss the significance of the election of...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: Abolition, Anti Slavery Movements

For Students 9th - 10th
A section of an online exhibit that deals with historically important documents about the abolition movement from its earliest Quaker beginnings in the early 18th century through 1860.
Website
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Wilberforce, Lincoln, and the Abolition of Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Tour the online original documents that tell a story about the abolition of slavery in both the United States and England. Click on the tiny "next" above the text to go through the interactive.
Handout
Understanding Slavery Initiative

Understanding Slavery: The Campaign for Abolition: Campaigning Against Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the first mass human rights movement in history when African monarchs, enslaved Africans, freed slaves, and millions of other ordinary people campaigned against the slave trade and fought for the abolition of slavery.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: Abolition, Anti Slavery Movements

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides primary source documents and commentary that give an overall look at many different aspects of abolition, the antislavery movement, and the rise of division between North and South. From the Library of Congress.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Petition From the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery" by Benjamin Franklin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Abolition of the Slave Trade and Slavery in Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
Towards the end of the 18th century, a movement emerged calling for an end to the slave trade and, later, slavery itself. This article traces the road to abolition from the 1780s to the 1830s, highlighting the impacts of grass-root...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: American Literature: Resistance and Abolition

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the resistance and abolition of slavery in the United States. It discusses the ways in which the slaves resisted slavery and the role abolitionists played.
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Other

National Maritime Museum: Freedom: Abolition in Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated essay on the abolition of slavery in Britain.
Article
PBS

Africans in America: Founding of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed account of the founding of the first Quaker abolitionist society in 1775 in Philadelphia by Anthony Benezet. The society became known as "PAS" or "Pennsylvania Abolition Society".
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Library of Congress

Loc: Abolition

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, is part of the African American Mosaic. It describes abolition and gives references to books about the topic.
Handout
Understanding Slavery Initiative

Understanding Slavery Initiative: The Campaign for Abolition

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the anti-slavery movement mobilized the British population to stage the campaign for the abolition of slave trade.
Unit Plan
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Emancipation: Abolition

For Students 9th - 10th
Speeches, songs, letters, and pamphlets from the early- and mid-nineteenth century promoting the abolition of slavery and emancipation of enslaved peoples are provided within this resource.
Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Voices in the Campaign for Abolition

For Students 9th - 10th
From the mid 18th century, Africans and people of African descent - many of them former slaves - began to write down their stories. This article describes these writings and assesses their role in the abolition of slavery.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: The Religious Roots of Abolition

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that looks at the role of Christianity in the fight to abolish slavery in the United States.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: African American Mosaic: Conflict of Abolition and Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
Historical documents trace how the abolitionists virulently decried slavery and denounced those who supported it.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Harriet Tubman: Abolition Activist

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson plan, by examining two primary sources and watching a short video, students will become familiar with the remarkable bravery and extraordinary accomplishments of the "Moses of her people," Harriet Tubman.
Article
Social Studies for Kids

Social Studies for Kids: Sojourner Truth: Voice for Abolition and Women

For Students 1st - 5th
Born into slavery and never able to read or write, Sojourner Truth nonetheless was a tired and famous advocate for both abolition and women's voting rights.
Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Abolition

For Students 3rd - 8th
History puzzle in which students play a game to solve a mystery and name the Abolitionist.
Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: 13th Amendment to the u.s. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at an image of the constitutional amendment that put an end to slavery in the United States. Interactive image is accompanied by an overview of the amendment's inception and adoption, as well as document transcript.

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