RESOURCES

     

  • RESOURCES

 

 

  • Below you will find helpful resources for each task.  Remember that resources may provide information on more than one task!  Students are encouraged to find additional sources on their own.

Helpful Resources for TASK 1:

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/AlongtheTracks/codes.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html

http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/Map.htm

http://www.americancivilwar.com/underground_railroad.html

 

Helpful Resources for TASK 2:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0history/hwny-tubman.html

http://www.nps.gov/frdo/freddoug.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/douglass

 http://www.whispersofangels.com/biographies.html

 

Helpful Resources for TASK 3:

http://www.nps.gov/boaf/urrchronology.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/tl.html

 

Helpful Resources for TASK 4:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASunderground.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Law_of_1850