History with Peters
A Clear Signal for Change: Multiple Interpretations and Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Was Nat Turner a hero or a violent criminal? Using primary sources and images that discuss the rebellion of enslaved people he led in antebellum Virginia, scholars consider the question. Then, they create memorials to Turner and...
Curated OER
Time of Slavery
Young historians learn about abolitionists, The Civil War, Frederick Douglas, and so many more details about slavery in this highly engaging presentation. Teachers could use this as a whole class review and discussion tool.
Curated OER
Slavery and Abolition: Three Unforgettable Names
Students research the people and events involved in the abolitionist movement prior to the U.S. Civil War. They read about and discuss the roles of Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and John Brown. Students complete a word splash, Venn...
Curated OER
Nat Turner's Rebellion Quiz
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 8 multiple choice and true/false questions about Nat Turner's Rebellion. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
Library of Virginia
Death or Liberty
What would you do to protect your own freedom? How far would you go to protest injustice? Class members are asked to consider these questions as they read primary source documents that detail events in the lives of Gabriel, Nat Turner,...
Curated OER
Slavery's Opponents and Defenders
Students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery and the lives of its leading opponents and defenders and the views they held about America's "peculiar institution."
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Alabama Slave Codes in 1833: What They Can Teach Us About Slaves Themselves
After viewing a short PowerPoint about Nat Turner's rebellion, class groups examine Alabama's 1833 slave codes. Individuals then develop a mini-legal brief arguing against one particular slave law.
American Battlefield Trust
Pre-1861: Disunion
Nat Turner, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln all played a key role in the run-up to the bloody American Civil War. Using a PowerPoint, timeline activity, and essay prompt, young historians consider the roles of these men and more to...
Curated OER
Slave Revolts: Armed Resistance to Slavery
Students discuss the fear of slave rebellions in the South. They discuss the reasons behind this fear. Students draw a timeline showing slave resistance between the 1712-1831. They answer questions regarding slave revolts. Students...
Curated OER
Rebellion quiz
In this slaves activity, students answer multiple choice and short answer questions about slaves and the history of slavery. Students complete 8 questions.
Curated OER
Slave Resistance in Natchez
Students examine various ways that slaves in the Natchez area resisted bondage, consider the price of resistance, and write television news documentary.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Newscast on the Battles of the Ironclad Ships
Fifth graders create multi-media newscasts based on their knowledge of Civil War battles of the ironclad ships.
Curated OER
The Underground Railroad
In this United States history activity, students utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions about the Underground Railroad. A short answer question is included as well.
University of North Carolina
Documenting the American South: The Confessions of Nat Turner
From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, this site provides the complete "Confessions of Nat Turner" complete with images of the original pages published of the confession.
Other
Uncut Black Experience: Turner's Confession
Text of the confession of Nat Turner, leader of a bloody slave revolt.
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Digital History
Digital History: Responses to Slavery: Nat Turner's Rebellion [Pdf]
Read about two major slave rebellions, one involving thousands and one just a few men. Denmark Vesey planned his rebellion in 1822, and nine years later, Nat Turned executed his. Find out the results of each. [PDF]
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Nat Turner's Rebellion
Learn the history of the short-lived slave revolt led by Nat Turner in 1831.
Other
Afgen.com: Confessions of Nat Turner
Read a copy of the confessions of Nat Turner on the night he was put in prison for his rebellion against slavery.
Library of Virginia
Death or Liberty: Gabriel, Nat Turner and John Brown
Online exhibit with primary documents about slavery revolts in Virginia.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Slavery in America
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around slavery in America. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
Library of Virginia
Death or Liberty: Nat Turner's Rebellion: To Rebel and Make Insurrection
A library resource providing details on this famous insurrection of slaves in 1831.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Slavery and the Making of America: Slave Religion
What religions did slaves bring from Africa to America? This PBS series site provides the historical overview of how early African Americans preserved African spiritual beliefs and practices while enslaved, converted to Christianity, and...
Other
Singapore American School: Slave Narratives
This site from the Singapore American School, Mr. Burnett's Classroom, provides links to a variety of different slave narratives. Included in the mix are: Harriet Jacobs, Allen Parker, American slaves, Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglas,...
iCivics
I Civics: Slavery: No Freedom, No Rights
From the basics about slavery to the attitudes that defended it and the efforts of those who wanted to see it abolished, in this lesson students learn about this dark part of America's past.