Lesson Plans

Abolition and The 1838 Black Metropolis

by the Pearl Jonas, Science Leadership Academy

HS level lesson plan using the 1838 Black Metropolis website, and primary materials from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania​

The Vigilant Committee and the Underground Railroad
by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

HS level lesson plan to understand The Vigilant Committee 

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The Free Lives of Black Philadelphians
By Philadelphia Congregations Early Records

In-depth overviews of early 19th Century free Black history in Philadelphia

Philadelphia's Free Black Community 
By the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Middle and High school Level understand of the Free Black Community​

Black Metropolis Lesson Plan - This plan was run successfully for 70 11th and 12th grade students at Agnes Irwin HS

HS level lesson plan to introduce The Black Metropolis

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Free Black Education in Antebellum Philadelphia 
By the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

HS level lesson plan to discuss free Black education in Philadelphia

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Demographics of Philadelphia's Free Black Community 
By The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

MIddle and High school level plan to understand the free Black Community​

Black Print Culture in the 19th Century
By The Library Company of Philadelphia

MIddle and High school plan exploring books and albums by Black authors in the 19th Century​

The Fifteenth Amendment and Congo Square
By The Library Company of Philadelphia

MIddle and High school plan exploring the geography and space around Congo Square (Washington Square)​