The Struggle for Freedom (Grades 3-7)

Lesson plans related to Emerging America’s online exhibit, “Struggle for Freedom,” part of the larger exhibit, “Radical Equality: 1842-1846″ about the utopian abolitionist community, the Northampton Association of Education and Industry (NAEI). Created by Emerging America in 2006 and reproduced here with permission.

  • Overview of Grades 3-7 Curriculum

    Guidance for engaging students with the Grades 3-7 Online Exhibit, “Struggle for Freedom,” part of the larger exhibit, “Radical Equality: 1842-1846″

  • The Story

    A secondary source for grades 3-7 about the Northampton Association of Education and Industry

  • Picture as Message: Sojourner Truth

    Information, discussion questions, and sources for further investigation about Sojourner Truth and her portrait photograph

  • Multiple Points of View

    A primary source investigation activity exploring a letter describing Sojourner Truth

  • A Letter to Dolly Stetson

    A primary source investigation activity about a letter describing the Northampton Association of Education and Industry and the Association’s constitution

  • A Tradition of Self Government

    An investigation of the Northampton Association of Education and Industry’s constitution

  • “Struggle for Freedom” Lessons Gallery

    Lessons plans on using primary sources to explore the life of Sojourner Truth and the Northampton Association of Education and Industry