Examine the Underground Railroad and its importance to those seeking freedom.
Clarifications
Clarification 1: Instruction includes how collaboration of free blacks, whites, churches and organizations assisted in the Underground Railroad (e.g., Harriet Tubman, William Lambert, Levi Coffin, William Still).
Clarification 2: Instruction includes the use of “spirituals” and symbols as a form of communication, coordination, coding and expression.
General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 68
Strand: African American History
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/24
Status: State Board Approved
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