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Curated Video
Planning the section about Harriet Tubman's activism
Pupil outcome: I can use my research and understanding of Harriet Tubman’s activism to plan a section of a biography. Key learning points: - In the sections, writers share detailed, specific information about an aspect of the person's...
Curated Video
Writing the section about Harriet Tubman's activism
Pupil outcome: I can use my research and plan to write the activism section of a biography about Harriet Tubman. Key learning points: - The main body of a biography is split into paragraphs, which are organised by theme. - Using a range...
Cerebellum
Compromise And Conflict in America: 1848-1857 - Introduction To The Period
This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Documents of Destiny: And Conflict...
Weird History
The Slave Who Mailed Himself To Freedom
The life of Henry "Box" Brown is so notable because he was an Antebellum-Era Virginia plantation slave who managed to mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box. The big question here is: how did he do it? Easy! He had the help of...
PBS
The Pain of History and Beloved
Readers of Toni Morrison's Beloved share their reasons for why the painful and powerful narrative should be on the list of books for the Great American Read program.
Biography
Frederick Douglass- Mini Biography
Before delving deeper into the writings of Frederick Douglass or the abolitionist movement, provide some historical background for your pupils with this brief video and gain a more complete understanding of Douglass' vision for a...
Curated OER
Sectionalism - A Review
What is sectionalism? A loyalty to the interest of one's region, or sectionalism, is really what sparked the Civil War. Learn about the South's attempt at expanding slavery westward and the power struggle between the two regions...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Abolitionists: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Video clip tells about the impact of novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe on the abolitionist movement. [5:17] Supplemental material for both students and teachers is included.