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Grade 10, United States History to 1877 Std 8.5: Explaining the importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that banned slavery in new states north of the Ohio River 8.6: Describing the rise of the underground railroad and its leaders, including Harriet Tubman and the impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's

Lesson Plans: John Brown and the Underground Railroad This lesson asks students to analyze John Brown’s attitudes and actions against slavery and the differences between his views and those of other people who were active in the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement. Would You Have Helped Out? This lesson has students investigate the dangers that escaping slaves and their helpers on the Underground Railroad faced and asks them to consider whether they would have helped if they’d been free people during the time of slavery. Uncle Tom's Cabin & the Ideology of Slavery This lesson will provide insight into how racial stereotypes were constructed and reinforced by American popular culture during the Antebellum Era and will examine how Uncle Tom's Cabin challenged those stereotypes and contributed to the escalating tensions between North and South over the issue of slavery. Getting Free in the South Students will experience the Roads to Freedom and use the information as a starting point for further research. Using tools from the National Archives education site, students will learn in more depth about the various roads through the use of primary source documents.

Resources: Slavery in America PBS site with lessons and resources Africans in America PBS Site Alabama Virtual Library History Timelines (Alternatime) Why did some men support the women's rights movement in the 1850s, and how did their ideas compare to those of women in the movement? Biographical sketches of these notable figures. National Women's History Museum History Matters Designed for high school teachers of U.S. history courses. A gateway for web resources and other useful materials for teaching U.S. history. National Archives Digital Classroom American Memory Primary source material from the collection of the Library of Congress.
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