Virtual Field Trip: Underground Railroad Take your students on a Virtual Field Trip through Underground Railroad sites in New Bedford,...		Abraham Lincoln: Of Two Minds Students read quotes from Lincoln that express his split feeling about ending slavery and they...
Nathan and Polly Johnson Nathan and Polly Johnson helped many slaves find their way to freedom in the 1800s -- including...		Speak to Me in Iambic Review iambic pentameter with your students.
Lewis Temple Lewis Temple, a man of color, invented the toggle harpoon in 1848. This device increased the...		I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Have your students study different concepts in the writing of Maya Angelou's, I Know Why the...
54th Regiment Massachusetts Memorial The first African-American regiment ever commissioned in the United Stated is commemorated with...		Kubla Khan The text of Samuel Coleridge's Kubla Khan.
State Pier -- New Bedford, Massachusetts The site of a booming whaling industry in the 1800s and a place where many slaves first set...		Designing a Quilt Pattern Students will create and color a one-patch quilt design based upon the regular hexagon. This...
Underground Railroad Map - New Bedford, MA This printable map will help students locate Underground Railroad sites in New Bedford,...		How to Read a Poem This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write poetry.
Women Following Washington's Army Learn about the women who followed Washington's army. Practice writing hypotheses.		Contemporary Irish Writers Live Up to Legend An article about great Irish writers.
Exploring Suffragists Students will do research to learn about suffragists, those who fought for the right of women...		Reading and Defining Poetry By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.
Chinese Working on the Railroad Read and questions about the contributions Chinese immigrants made to building the first...		Denotation/Connotation The vocabulary words used in this lesson stem from realism literature. Students are asked to...
Lee Yick: Fighting Racism Students learn about a case that made it to the U.S. Supreme Court concerning racism towards...		Counting Strong Words in Poetry Using a love poem by Christopher Marlowe, children examine his use of nouns, verbs, and...