Useful Websites
Website
Description
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai Spirituals – samples of songs that you
l/-/B000005BPI/ref=pd_ecs_m_b_a/102can listen to online
2781672-5371301?v=glance&s=music&n=
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/gour Translation of codes in Follow the
d.htm
Drinking Gourd
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/gour History of Follow the Drinking Gourd
d1.html
http://www.live8live.com/whatsitabout/index.shtml
Live 8 Concert Info
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tub Harriet Tubman Resources
man.html
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/ft Astrology Lesson on the Underground
dg1.htm
Railroad / NASA field trip
http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/follo
Listen to “Follow the Drinking Gourd”
wthedrinkinggourd.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A860519
The 4 Elements of Hip Hop (See
“Emcee” section for info on Call and
Response)
http://ctl.du.edu/spirituals/Literature/rap.cfm Everything from Spirituals to Rap Music,
Song Lyrics, West African traditions, etc.
www.timeforkids.com
Time for Kids: Great articles, quizzes,
current events, etc.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2930.h Info on David Walker and his Appeal
tml
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/a Info on Sojourner Truth
rticles/sojourner_truth.html
http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/soj Info on Sojourner Truth
ourner_truth.html
http://www.africanburialground.com/ABG_
African Burial Grounds in Lower
Main.htm
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.africanburialground.com/Docum
ents/ABG_Brochure_2004.pdf
http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html
NEH Website
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/docume Declaration of Independence (actual
nt
document)
http://www.lessonsofthepast.com/principles/ Patrick Henry’s Remarks Before the 2nd
p_henry001.htm
Virginia Convention on March 20, 1775
Extension Activities to Consider:
- Is this “radical”?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2931t. Entire Text of David Walker’s Appeal
html
http://www.msp.umb.edu/afam/AfAmTimeli Great African American Timeline
nes.html
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets
http://www.loc.gov/loc/visit
http://memory.loc.gov/
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccernew2?id=JefVirg.sgm&images=images/mod
eng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag
=public&part=14&division=div1
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1541b.
html
http://www.hoardedordinaries.com/lori/imag
es/2004-05-28c.jpg
http://www.gwu.edu/~e73afram/images/fhouse.gif
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JACOBS
/hj-flint.htm
http://www2.english.uiuc.edu/baym/255/slav
e_auction.htm
www.africawithin.com/
bios/sojourner_truth.htm
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TRUTH/
truth.gif
http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/images/jou
rney_3/pic_3_5_2.jpg
“Veteran’s History Project”
Veteran’s Stories and how to get
involved in the project
Visiting the Library of Congress
American Memory: US History and
Culture (Check out the “Today in
History” part)
Library of Congress’s The Learning
Page… especially for teachers.
- student activities and lesson plans
- educators’ programs and
resources
National Book Festival
Sept 24, 2005
Authors Attending Include:
Mary Pope Osburne (Magic Tree House
Series)
RL Stine
Walter Dean Myers
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Shiloh and
Alice Series)
Jack Gantos (Joey Pigza)
Notes on the State of Va. (Thomas
Jefferson, 1787) – complete text
Runaway notice for Harriet Jacobs
Image of Harriet Jacobs’ grave
Dr. Flint’s Home
Image of Dr. Flint
Images of Auction Block
Images of Sojourner Truth
www.freemaninstitute.com/
BCF%20Sojournerphoto.htm
www.musickit.com/resources/followarticle.ht
m
http://pbskids.com
Quilt Codes
PBS Kids