Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Push and Pull Factors: Tug O' War

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze the factors that led to migration in the 19th century including the forces that drew people to resettle as well as to return a place where they previously lived.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Beloved Test

For Students 11th - 12th
Which character in Toni Morrison’s Beloved personifies evil? What does Seth overhear Schooteacher instruct his pupils to do? The 50 multiple choice and matching questions on this exam focus on points of plot; therefore, test takers could...
Handout
BBC

Bbc World Service: The Story of Africa: Slavery: Resettlement of Freed Slaves

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the resettlement initiatives in the 1800s when freed slaves were sent to live in Sierra Leone and Liberia in Africa, and some of the difficulties they faced there.
Article
Other

Wither Liberia? Civil War Emancipation and Freedmen Resettlement in West Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative article on efforts during Abraham Lincoln's administration to resettle freedmen to West Africa. (Published: 11/11/2012)
Article
University of Michigan

Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association: Review

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the book, Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement, published in 2011, and written by Phillip W. Magness and Sebastian N. Page.
Graphic
Library of Congress

Loc: American Colonization Society: Maps of Liberia 1830 1870

For Students 9th - 10th
These maps, historical primary materials, show the early settlements in Liberia that were created by the American Colonization Society as they resettled free black Americans in West Africa. A timeline of the history of Liberia is included.
Website
Other

Geni: American Abolitionist Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the history of the abolitionist movement in the United States, the key people involved, and important events.