The Civil War and Slavery units deserve the right to an in-depth understanding and knowledge so they have been broken up because of the volume of information on each subject. The resources and websites, for the most part, can be used in either unit and I tried to put them in the unit that they suited best, but it wasn't always possible, so please check both units for a complete listing of books and websites.

Please see the General History page for more books and links.

Resources--books

Resources--websites

Projects

Writing assignments

Resources

Books

Non-Fiction--Information books:

	*African-American in the Colonies* by Jean Kinney Williams (Compass Point, 2003; ISBN 0756503035)
	Atlas of Slavery by James Walvin (Pearson, 2006; ISBN 0582437806)
	*Brady* (underground Railroad) by Jean Fritz
	*Escape to Freedom* by Barbara Brooks Simon (National Geographic, 2004: ISBN 1415506892) KR
	*Growing Up In Slavery* by Sylviane A. Diouf (Millbrook, 2001; ISBN 0761317635)
	*Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers* by Jean Fritz
	*Harriet Beecher Stowe Author and Abolitionist* by Ryan P. Randolph (Power Plus, 2004; ISBN 0823966232)
	If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Larry Johnson (Scholastic, 1988; ISBN 0590451561)*
	Liberty Street by Candice Ransom, illustrates by Eric Velasquez (Walker & Company, 2003: ISBN 0802788718) KR
	*Lincoln, Slavery, and the Emancipation Proclamation* by Carin T. Ford (Enslow, 2004; ISBN 0766022528) KR
	*No Man Can Hinder Me* by Velma Maia Thomas (Crown, 2001; ISBN 0609607197)
	*Slave Life on the Plantation* by Richard Worth (Enslow, 2004; ISBN 0766021521)
	*Slave Uprisings and Runaways* by Ann E. Eskridge (Enslow, 2004; ISBN 0766021548)
	*Slaves Who Dared* by Mary Garrison (White Mane Kids, 2002; ISBN 1572492724)
	*Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War* by Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier (Benchmark, 2000; ISBN 0761408177)
	*Slavery and the Making of America* by James Oliver Horton and Louis E. Horton (Oxford, 2005; ISBN 019517903X)
	*Slavery in America* by Tonya Buell (Rosen, 2004; ISBN 0823945138)
	*Slavery in the Plantation South* by Stephen Currie (Lucent, 2005; ISBN 1590187040)
	The Causes of the Civil War by Dale Anderson (World Almanac, 2004; ISBN 0836855817)
	*The Middle Passage* by Tom Feelings (Dial, 1995; ISBN 0803718047) KR
	*The Politics of Slavery* by Linda Jacobs Altman (Enslow, 2004; ISBN 0766021505)
	*The Slave Trade in America* by Richard Worth (Enslow, 2004; ISBN 0766021513)
	*The Thirteenth Amendment; Ending Slavery* by Elizabeth Schleichert (Enslow, 1998; ISBN 0894909231)
	*The Underground Railroad in American History* (Enslow)
	Voices From Slavery's Past by Suzanne Cloud Tapper (Enslow, 2004; ISBN 0766021572)

Harriet Tubman:

	A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler, illustrated by Samuel Byrd (Scholastic)*
	*Escape North! the Story of Harriet Tubman* by Monica Kulling, illustrated by Teresa Flavin (Random House, 2000; ISBN 037590154X KR
	*Go Free or Die; A Story about Harriet Tubman* by Jeri Ferris, illustrations by Karen Ritz (Carolrhoda, 1988; ISBN 0876143176) KR
	*Harriet Tubman* by George Sullivan (Scholastic)* In Their Own Words
	Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train by Sharon Gayle, illustrated by Felicia Marshall (Aladdin, 2003; ISBN 0689854811) KR
	*Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad* by Michael Martin, illustrated by Dave Hoover and Bill Anderson (Captsone, 2005; ISBN 0736838295) KR
	Harriet Tubman; Antislavery Activist by M.W. Taylor (Chelsea, 2005; ISBN 0791083403)
	Harriet Tubman; Freedom's Trailblazer by Kathleen Kudlinski, illustrated by Robert Brown (Aladdin, 2002; ISBN 0752796129)
	Harriet Tubman: Moses of the Underground Railroad by Anne Schraff (Enslow, 2001; ISBN 0766015483)
	*Harriet Tubman: Riding the Freedom Train* by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden (Millbrook, 2003; ISBN 0761325719) KR
	*Harriet Tubman: The Life of an African-American Abolitionist* by Rob Shone and Anita Ganeri, illustrated by Rob Shone (Rosen, 2005; ISBN 1404202455)
	*Harriet Tubman; Slavery and the Underground Railroad* by Megan McClard (Silver Burdett, 1991; ISBN 0382240472)
	The Story of Harriet Tubman by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack (Chelsea, 2004; ISBN0791073149)
	*"Wanted Dead or Alive" The True Story of Harriet Tubman* by Ann McGovern (Scholastic, 1965; ISBN 0590442120) KR Original title: *Runaway Slave*

Frederick Douglass:

	*A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass* by David A. Adler, illustrated by Samuel Byrd (Holiday House, 1993; ISBN 0823410021) KR
	*Escape From Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words* edited and illustrated by Michael McCurdy Alfred a. Knopf (1994; ISBN 0679846522)
	*Frederick Douglass* by Helaine Becker (Blackbirch, 2001; ISBN 1567115578)
	Frederick Douglass by John R. McKivigan (Greenhaven, 2004; ISBN 0737715227)
	*Frederick Douglass* by Margo McLoone (Bridestone, 1997; ISBN 0516205366) KR
	*Frederick Douglass* by John Passaro (The Child's World, 2000; ISBN 7567666213)
	*Frederick Douglass* by Dana Meachen Rau (Compass Point, 2003; ISBN 075650418X)
	Frederick Douglass by Lola M. Schaefer (Capstone, 2002; ISBN 0736811745) KR
	*Frederick Douglass* by Diane Yancey (Lucent, 2003: ISBN 1560069503)
	*Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist Editor* by Sharman Apt Russell (Chelsea House, 2005; ISBN 0791083314)
	*Frederick Douglass: Leader Against Slavery* by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, Enslow, 2002: ISBN 076601696X) KR
	*Frederick Douglass; Speaking Out Against Slavery* by Anne Schraff (Enslow, 2002; ISBN 0766017737) KR
	*He Fought for Freedom: Frederick Douglass* by Virginia Schomp (Benchmark, 1997; ISBN 0761404880) KR
	*The Frederick Douglass You Never Knew* by James Lincoln Collier (Children's Press, 2003; ISBN 0516243470) KR
	*Young Frederick Douglass: The Slave Who Learned to Read* by Linda Walvoord Girard, paintings by Colin Bootman (Albert Whitman, 1994; ISBN 0807594636) KR

Sojourner Truth:

	*Sojourner Truth* by Peter and Connie Roop (Scholastic, 2000; ISBN 0439263239)
	*Sojourner Truth a voice from Freedom* by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack (Enslow, 1992; ISBN0894903136)
	Sojourner Truth: American Abolitionist by W. Terry Whalin (Chelsea, 1999; ISBN 0791050343)
	*Sojourner Truth and the Voice of Freedom* by Jane Shumate (Millbrooke, 1991; ISBN 1562940414) KR

Activity Books:

Fiction:

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe RA

Audio/visual:

	Africans in America (PBS, 1998)
	*No Man Can Hinder Me; The journey from slavery to emancipation through song* by Velma Maia Thomas (Crown, 2001; ISBN 0609607197)
	Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994)
	Roots 1977 (the mini series) Warner Home Video released Jan. 2002
	Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives (HBO, 2002)
	Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Underground Railroad (2004)

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Websites

	African American History & Heritage Site
	Understanding Slavery form discoveryschool.com
	Born in Slavery; Slave narratives from the Federal Writer's Project ~ Slavery in the Capital ~ Emancipation Proclamation (has timeline) ~ The African-American Mosaic ~ Slaves and the Courts from the Library of Congress
	Images of Slavery from the University of Virginia
	Slavery and the Making of America from PBS
	Africans in America from PBS
	A Journey from Slavery to Freedom from Long Island University
	Slavery in America (lesson plans available)
	The Slave Trade from the Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia
	Documents on Slavery from Yale Law School
	Slavery in the USA from Wikipedia
	The Face of Slavery from The American Museum of Photography
	Slavery in the Civil War Ear from Civil War Home.com
	Lest We Forget; the Triumph over Slavery from New York Public Library
	Digital History of Slavery in America from University of Houston
	Remembering Slavery from the Smithsonian
	Slavery from Brycchan Carey website
	Slavery from Black History Pages
	Slave Movement during the 18th-19th Centuries from DATA
	Slavery from Spartacus (great links) these links were used: Life on the Plantations ~ Cotton Plantations ~ Family Life ~
	The Abolitionist (great links!)
	Stolen Childhood by Wilma King from The Washington Post
	The Museum of African Slavery
	Beyond Face Value ~ Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency
	Antebellum White South Economy
	Slavery Timeine (with great links) from Central Oregon Community College
	Attitudes Toward Emancipation from the National Endowment for the Humanities
	Africans in America during the Civil War from PBS

Uncle Tom's Cabin Resources:

	Slavery in America unit on Uncle Tom's Cabin
	Uncle Tom's Cabin Historical Site
	Spark Notes for Uncle Tom's Cabin
	Grade Saver for Uncle Tom's Cabin
	Book Rags for Uncle Tom's Cabin
	Project Gutenberg Uncle Tom's Cabin (text)

	Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Library
	Harriet Beecher Stowe/Uncle Tom's Cabin
	Uncle Tom's Cabin dot com
	Uncle Tom's Cabin another site

The Underground Railroad:

	National Geographic's The Underground Railroad
	PBS Underground Railroad
	National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
	from the National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Aboard the Underground Railroad Resource study guide
	The Underground Railroad from UC Davis (no longer maintained)
	Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad from a 2nd grade class in New York
	Music and Video "On An Underground Railroad" from ushistory.com
	Underground Railroad from 42explore2 (great student activities and links)
	Underground Railroad Webquest Lesson plan from teachers (great student activities and links)
	Underground Railroad from scholastic (interactive)

Harriet Tubman:

	Harriet Tubman.com
	Harriet Tubman from New York History Net
	Harriet Tubman from PBS
	Harriet Tubman printouts from Enchanted Learning
	Harriet Tubman from University of Buffalo
	Harriet Tubman from Wikipedia

Frederick Douglass:

	Frederick Douglass.org
	Frederick Douglass by Sandra Thomas
	Frederick Douglass from PBS
	Frederick Douglass from the Library of Congress
	Frederick Douglass from from Revolution to Reconstruction
	Frederick Douglass from Wikipedia

Nat Turner:

	Nat Turner from PBS
	Nat Turner's Rebellion from about.com
	Nat Turner by Jean Rusting (links)
	Nat Turner from History Buff.com

Dred Scott:

	The Dred Scott Decision from The History Place
	The Dred Scott Decision from The History Net.com

Roots (movie and book):

	Kunta Kinte website
	Alex Haley Foundation

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Projects

Buy and purchase "slave" as they did in old times (WARNING--can be a very moving experience, treat with reverence and care.)

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Writing assignments

	Keep a journal of your life as a slave.
	Pick a slave and do a report on that slave.

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Completed: July 2006

Last update: February, 2008

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