Web Research: Lesson 2 Lesson 2 in a series for middle-school students learning to use the Internet for research...		Nathan and Polly Johnson Nathan and Polly Johnson helped many slaves find their way to freedom in the 1800s -- including...
Ideas for Black History Month Field Trips Discover a list of places you and your students could photograph for inclusion in the Black...		Lewis Temple Lewis Temple, a man of color, invented the toggle harpoon in 1848. This device increased the...
Robert Fulton: Inventor Robert Fulton invented many things - among them were the steam-driven boat and the submarine....		New Bedford, MA and the Underground Railroad Visit New Bedford, Massachusetts, which was an integral part of the Underground Railroad.
Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.		54th Regiment Massachusetts Memorial The first African-American regiment ever commissioned in the United Stated is commemorated with...
54th Regiment Memorial This memorial sits across from the Massachusetts state house, and honors the first all black...		State Pier -- New Bedford, Massachusetts The site of a booming whaling industry in the 1800s and a place where many slaves first set...
Student Guide to Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is...		Underground Railroad Map - New Bedford, MA This printable map will help students locate Underground Railroad sites in New Bedford,...
Student Guide to Web Research Learning to Read on the Web Lesson plan 3, about reading on the Web, in a series for middle-school students learning to use...		Chinese Working on the Railroad Read and questions about the contributions Chinese immigrants made to building the first...
Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web Lesson plan 3, about reading on the Web, in a series for middle-school students learning to use...		Abraham Lincoln: Of Two Minds Students read quotes from Lincoln that express his split feeling about ending slavery and they...
Friends Meetinghouse The Friends Meetinghouse in New Bedford, Massachusetts was the site of abolitionist activity in...		Kubla Khan The text of Samuel Coleridge's Kubla Khan.
Virtual Field Trip: Underground Railroad Take your students on a Virtual Field Trip through Underground Railroad sites in New Bedford,...		I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Have your students study different concepts in the writing of Maya Angelou's, I Know Why the...