| You are going to research and write a short report on
Slavery in the United States. On this page, there are many sites
you can visit to obtain information.
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| When you are getting your information, for each site
please write the title of the web page, the main parts of the URL, the
author or company who wrote the page, the date that page was last
updated, and the day you accessed the information (today). This is the
bibliography information you will need to include in your short report
on slavery.
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| There are sites below on Slavery in the United
States, and there are also sites which focus on The Underground
Railroad. The Underground Railroad was used to help many slaves
make their way to freedom. Because this will be a short
research paper, you should focus your attention on one of
those areas.
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| 1. Open a MSWord document. Title that document
Slavery Notes, or Underground Railroad Notes, depending on which topic
you'd like to research. Save that document into your private
Language Arts folder on the network under the file name "Your last name
Slavery Notes," or "Your last name Underground Railroad Notes."
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| 2. Open a second Internet page, so you can keep these
directions open on one page, while you use the other page to research
the sites below.
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| 3. Copy and paste to your notes document two to three
pages (only) of notes from at least three different web sites. Be sure to
get the bibliography information mentioned above. Save frequently
to avoid losing your work.
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| 4. Print your notes and show your teacher for a grade. You must have information from three sites, and you must have the bibliography information to get an "A." |
| Here are the sites on Slavery in the United States. Click on the links to go to the site. |
Exploring Amistad at Mystic Seaport http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/timeline/united.states.html This site contains an informative timeline of slavery in the United States.
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The Slave Heritage Resource Center Another excellent site with a great variety of sources. http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/index.htm
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History of Slavery in the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_the_United_States This site is an encyclopedia entry about the history of slavery in the United States.
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I was a Slave Website (Slave interviews) At this site, students should click on the button on the left showing “Quotes from Six Books.” These are quotes from books that ex-slaves have published. This site also shows many books for purchase that former slaves wrote before they passed away. http://iwasaslave.com/what-happened.htm
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Black Resistance: Slavery in the United States http://www.afro.com/history/slavery/main.html This page has a poem written by a former slave about the slave trade in Africa and crossing to the United States. This site also describes slave rebellions and other kind of resistance. |
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The Slave Trade http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm Here students may read the stories of many individual slaves in the United States and stories of people who worked to stop the slave trade and slavery. This site also expands research into slavery that still goes on in the world today.
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Slavery in America: A Research Guide This site has several links, any of which would be enough to do a short research project on slavery in America. |
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Here are the sites on the Underground Railroad. Click on the links to go to those web pages. |
National Register of Historic Places This site offers an online tour of historic sites related to the Underground Railroad — a good resource for Marking the Trail. When you come to the home page, scroll down until you find “Aboard the Underground Railroad.”
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The Life of Harriet Tubman
www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman
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The Underground Railroad www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/ At this interactive site, students can take a virtual journey from slavery to freedom with Harriet Tubman. |
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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center More information on the Underground Railroad.
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| 5. After your teacher has checked your notes, open a
new document and begin typing your rough draft of your research project.
You must use your own words. No "copy and paste" is allowed on
this document. You will earn a "Fail" if you commit plagiarism
here ("copy and paste"). Your report should be about two pages
long. Save your rough draft into your personal Language Arts folder on
the network under the file name "your last name Slavery Report," or
"your last name Underground Railroad Report."
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| 6. Make sure you write a general introduction at the
beginning of your report, which includes a "Thesis Statement." The
thesis statement is what you are going to prove or show by the
information in your report. This site can help you write a thesis
statement.
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| 7. Be sure to write a conclusion at the end of your
report, summarizing the main point of your paper (restating the thesis
statement) and tying the paper together.
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| 8. Print your rough draft. Edit and revise it.
If possible, have a parent or friend edit and revise also. Then
show it to your teacher for a grade.
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| 9. Make corrections and revisions. Make a
title page with a title,
illustration, and your name, date, and period number. Run a final spell
check. You also need a Bibliography Page (the last page), listing
the five pieces of information from each web site you got information
from (you may copy and paste the bibliography information from your
notes).
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| 10. Print the final copy (printer 20153 in Rm. 30), staple it, and give it to
your teacher for grading.
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| When you are totally finished, copy and paste your report into your Personal Magazine. Copy and paste your picture also. |