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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Land and Liberty: The Saga of Sam McCulloch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The struggles of Sam McCulloch, a free black man, to be recognized as a citizen entitled to own land in Texas are the focus of research project that ask groups to examine a series of primary source documents and piece together...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Slavery and the Legal Status of Free Blacks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the status of free blacks in Illinois and slavery in the U.S. They read and analyze primary source documents, answer and discuss questions, participate in a group discussion, and present the group's findings to the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

African Americans: 1800 - 1870

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore living and working environment of both slave and free African Americans from places throughout the United States.
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: u.s. History Module: Is Freedom Free? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A comprehensive learning module on the impact of emancipation on ex-slaves that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered...
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Article
Other

The Growth of Delaware's Antebellum Free African American Community

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what it was like to be a free African American in the Wilmington community of Delaware during the 1800s. This article includes information about the types of jobs African Americans had, the property they owned, and the daily...
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Primary
Other

Mo Ad: Slavery Narratives

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of narratives taken from autobiographies, letters and diaries of slaves. Read the text or listen to the haunting stories.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

National Park Service: The Struggle for Education Equality for African American

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Canterbury, Connecticut, and Little Rock, Arkansas, are links in a chain of events representing the long struggle for equal educational opportunities for African Americans. This lesson plan highlights two important historic places and...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Slavery in Colonial America

For Students 9th - 10th
A very interesting look at slaves and free blacks in colonial America, especially in the South, up to about 1660. See how the concept of slavery and the use of slaves was fluid until that time.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: William Lloyd Garrison and the Liberator

For Students 5th - 8th
Read a good biography of William Lloyd Garrison, who was one of the new, radical abolitionists who thought slavery was absolutely immoral and should be ended immediately. He was the publisher of the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator....
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Revolutionary Changes and Limitations: Slavery

For Students 5th - 8th
See how the conflicting ideas of land ownership and person ownership flew in the face of the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the ideals of the Revolutionary War.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Andry's Rebelliion (1811)

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia entry tells about Andry's Rebellion, a large rebellion in New Orleans in 1811.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Whipper, William

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief encyclopedia article about William Whipper, businessman and abolitionist.
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Website
Milwaukee College Prep

African American History: North and South, Slave and Free

For Students 7th - 9th
An overview of the status and experiences of African Americans in the mid-1800s, both free and enslaved. Includes references to Frederick Douglass and his efforts to enlighten people about the discrimination and prejudice faced by...