Slavery

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party (Unabridged)

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He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother, a princess in exile from a faraway land, are the only people in their household assigned names.

Author:

M.T. Anderson

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1090L

Length:

08:20

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party (Unabridged)

Beloved (Unabridged)

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Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but 18 years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened.

Author:

Toni Morrison

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

870L

Length:

12:03

Elijah of Buxton (Unabridged)

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When you first walk into a room in a house, or into a stable, they have a way of telling you they know you're there. It ain't nothing particular noticeable, but the air inside of 'em changes like it's saying, "I'm watching you".

Author:

Christopher Paul Curtis

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

1070L

Length:

08:59

Lincoln

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This inspiring and revealing drama focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final four months in office as this visionary leader pursues a course of action to end the Civil War, unite the country and abolish slavery. Complete with never-before-seen footage featuring Steven Spielberg and the cast, who take you deep inside the making of the movie, Lincoln sheds light on a man of moral courage and fierce determination.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

02:30

Escaping Slavery on the Underground Railroad (2008)

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Stirring dramatizations, archival photographs and colorful maps help tell the story of the Underground Railroad.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:11

Escaping Slavery on the Underground Railroad

Life of an Enslaved Person in America (2008)

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This program explores the daily life and customs of enslaved children and adults from colonial times through Emancipation. Through these activities students will come to better understand and appreciate the hardships and plight of African Americans living under the institution of slavery.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

00:13

Harriet Tubman and Her Escape to Freedom (2008)

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Millions of enslaved African-American men, women and children lived in the United States less that 200 years ago. During that period of American history, many brave men and women attempted an escape to freedom. Harriet Tubman is perhaps the best known of these American heroes.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:14

Harriet Tubman and Her Escape to Freedom

Abraham Lincoln: the Great Emancipator (2008)

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In 1861, the Civil War was a conflict that threatened to permanently divide the United States. Without President Abraham Lincoln's leadership, courage and determination to maintain the Union, our country may have ceased to exist.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:12