Skill Objectives

Students will be able to:

1. Learn to interpret primary source material
2. Develop critical thinking skills
3. Synthesize information
4. Develop historical writing skills

Content Objectives:

Students will be able to:

1. Understand slave laws in Pennsylvania in the antebellum period and assess their implications for the free black, slave, and general populations of Philadelphia.
2. Identify important terms and key figures in Pennsylvania’s Underground Railroad.
3. Assess the operations of the Vigilant Committee and compare its role to that of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.

Teaching Time: Two 50 minute periods

Grade Level: Middle to High School

Historical Periods Addressed: Antebellum Philadelphia

Disciplines Encompassed: History, Geography, Reading and Writing

State Standards