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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Black Troops in Union Blue

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity on African American troops in the Union Army. Students read article for background information, answer questions, then analyze and write about the controversies in a piece to be published in a mock Frederick Douglass's Paper.
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University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Full text of Frederick Douglass's "An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage," originally published in the Atlantic Monthly, January 1867.
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Perspectives: Pamphlets From Daniel a.p. Murray Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
The Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection presents a panoramic and eclectic review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, with the...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: Khalig Bredt Nathan

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show ethos or pathos in blue, metaphor in red, and antithesis in green.
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: Whipping of Aunt Hester

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show catalogue in blue, pathos in red, and metaphor in green.
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: Gideon and Nathan

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show pathos in blue, metaphor in red, and catalogue in green.
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: Chapter 3 Rick and Dono

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show pathos in blue, catalogue in red, and chiasmus in green.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Seneca Falls Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
Short essay on the Seneca Falls Convention, illustrated with portraits of four key drivers behind the convention: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th
(1818-1895) African American abolitionist who was the first African American leader of national stature in the United States
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: African American Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress' Digital Library presents an outstanding lesson that links to collections about the quest for full citizenship, Frederick Douglass papers, slave narratives, and more.
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Smithsonian Institution

Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical portraits of African Americans involved in the struggle for civil rights and equality, from the time of Frederick Douglass forward. Learn about the contributions of Edmonia Lewis, Sojourner Truth, Edward Bannister, Octavius...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Seneca Falls and Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the Chester Comix panels, students will explore and discuss the Suffrage Movement, the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention and the contributions to equality made by four key figures: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary documents related to women's suffrage in the 1800s are presented here accompanied by teaching ideas. There is a script called 'Failure is Impossible' that was commissioned by the National Archives, as well as petitions, proposed...
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Digital History

Digital History: Harper's Ferry

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the infamous raid on Harper's Ferry by John Brown and his band in 1859. His first plan had a chance of success thought Frederick Douglass, but the plan that was carried out was doomed from the start. See what John Brown was...
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University of Virginia

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: The Woman's Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the 19th century women's reform movement as well as primary resources including the Seneca Falls Declaration & Resolutions, an editorial by Frederick Douglass, and excerpts form "History of Woman Suffrage."
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography Writer's Workshop

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This tutorial has students follow a step-by-step guide to write their very own biography using that of Frederick Douglass as a model.
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University of Nebraska

U. Of Nebraska: Railroads and Making of Modern America: Origins of Segregation

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source materials that focus on the segregation of African Americans that took place on the railroads in the 1800s. Content includes newspaper articles, anecdotal accounts, letters, legal cases, etc.
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PBS

Pbs: The Black Press: Newspapers

For Students 9th - 10th
At this PBS site, read about the histories of eight African-American newspapers: The Chicago Defender, The California Eagle, The Afro-American, The Pittsburgh Courier, Amsterdam News, Atlanta Daily World, Freedom's Journal, and Norfolk...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Civil Rights: Demanding Equality

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teach the history of Civil Rights using this comprehensive learning module. Trace the movement from the 14th Amendment to modern times. The focus is on African American rights but also touches on women and disabled American's rights....
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: Free Blacks in Antebellum Period

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that chronicles through documents the accomplishments of African-Americans, both slave and free, from colonial times through the Civil War.
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PBS

Pbs: God in America: The Black Church

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at the role of the church and religion in the history of African Americans. Find out the church's importance in the abolition movement and the civil rights movement.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understanding New Vocabulary Within Context

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
This lesson focuses on ways to understand new vocabulary words in context. It provides an introduction with examples, information about how our language changes and how words get into the dictionary, and how to look outside the word to...
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Other

Accessible Archives: African American Newspapers

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes seven different African American newspapers that were published in the 1800s. These were newspapers written by African Americans for an African American audience. Access to the actual newspapers is only available on this...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Race Problem, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem, an address, and a painting that illustrate black political struggle in late-nineteenth-century America. This series of resources characterize "the Negro Problem" as "a concrete test of the underlying principles of the great...

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