Teaching Pennsylvania?s Underground Railroad
Posted by on May 14, 2007
Teaching Pennsylvania?s Underground Railroad
A Workshop for Educators
Saturday, May 19, 2007
10am-1pm
Johnson House Historic Site
6306 Germantown Avenue
This workshop for K-12 teachers will explore resources and strategies for teaching about the Underground Railroad and the experience of fugitive slaves in antebellum Philadelphia. Participants will receive a special tour of the Johnson House, an Underground Railroad site, and explore primary documents they can use to teach this compelling history. This workshop is free and Pennsylvania educators receive Act 48 credit for attendance.
To register, please contact Kate Wilson at kwilson@hsp.org or call 215-732-6200 X217.
Co-presented by The Historical Society of Pennsylvania with the Johnson House Historic Site.
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