Worksheet
K12 Reader

Booker T. Washington: Up From Slavery

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Read Booker T. Washington's inspiring story about arriving at his name with a short reading passage from his autobiography, Up From Slavery. After class members read the excerpt, they answer two reading comprehension...
Study Guide
Penguin Books

A Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Booker T. Washington was often criticized by W.E.B. Dubois and other African American leaders for his conciliatory approach to civil rights and education voiced in his autobiography Up From Slavery.  This teacher's guide not only...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Postbellum Period and Freemen

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students become familiar with the ways slaves reacted to educating themselves.  For this postbellum and freeman lesson, students complete readings from chapters in the book Up From Slavery.  Students write about the...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Social Realism

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Many American writers in the late nineteenth century wanted their writing to reflect real life. Individuals watch and discuss a video, read and explore author biographies, write a journal entry and a poem, and complete a multimedia...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Booker T. Washington

For Students 6th - 8th
In this social studies worksheet, students find the words associated with Booker T. Washington and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fighting for Democracy, Fighting for Me

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students consider how African American responded to social injustice. In this social injustice lesson, students compare and contrast the visions of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois for obtaining civil rights for African Americans.
Handout
Curated OER

National Park Service: Up From Slavery : Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of Booker T. Washington includes some details of his early life and education, plus the more outspokenly anti-racist views of his later life. Click to related pages on the Booker T. Washington National Monument and notes...
Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Primary
University of North Carolina

Booker T. Washington, 1856 1915 Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the complete text from the book "Up from Slavery: An Autobiography", by Booker T. Washington, in which he explores his journey from slave to educator. Includes illustrations, biographical facts, and links to further information on...
eBook
University of North Carolina

Unc Libraries: "Up From Slavery" by Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed version of Booker T. Washington's life as a slave and as an educator. This autobiography is the outgrowth of a series of articles he had published in the Outlook magazine. The simple story of an extraordinary man.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "Up from Slavery: An Autobiography" by Booker T. Washington. His autobiography follows his experiences and struggles in his life after slavery.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Booker T. Washington including the full text of his autobiography Up From Slavery: An Autobiography.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Social Realism: Booker T. Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
Focused on his personal racial and civil philosophy, Booker T. Washington moved mountains making the public aware of the injustices and inequalities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Click "Booker T. Washington...
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Booker T. Washington Delivered "Atlanta Compromise"

For Students 6th - 8th
Booker T. Washington was one of the most influential African Americans of his day. This site highlights his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech, as well as a general overview of his views.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Booker T. Washington

For Students 5th - 8th
Booker T. Washington was an African-American visionary. Read about his embrace of education as a way to lift up blacks in the racist South, but see how some of his views found opposition in the black community.
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project: African Americans Biography, Autobiography and History

For Students 9th - 10th
Five primary source materials on African American history: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr., My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois, Up From...
Website
Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: The Slave Narrative

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to defining "Slave Narrative," this website includes information on the styles and influences associated with slave narratives. Also provided, are links to several examples of nineteenth- and twentieth-century slave narratives.
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Perspective on the Slave Narrative

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan focusing on the the historical context of slave narratives, "Perspective on the Slave Narrative" introduces students to the abolitionist movement and the slave experience.
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Curated OER

American Writers: Booker T. Washington & w.e.b. Dubois

For Students 9th - 10th
A good informational site on Washington & Dubois. Includes general information about each one's life, works, and writings, including Up from Slavery and The Souls of Black Folk. Also includes links to other sites.