About the Website
The stories presented in this site are completely fictional, but they were based off of historical events that took place in American History. Many of the sources used for this website were primary documents from archives regarding slavery, the abolition movement, and the Antebellum period.
The goal of this website is to create a learning resource tool for kids entering into their 8th grade year learning about American History in their school curriculum. This site is to be used as a tool to better explain the concepts and overarching themes seen in the light of history and display them in a way that is applicable and understandable to the appropriate age level.
The following items of curriculum taken from the state standards were kept in mind when creating the website:
The goal of this website is to create a learning resource tool for kids entering into their 8th grade year learning about American History in their school curriculum. This site is to be used as a tool to better explain the concepts and overarching themes seen in the light of history and display them in a way that is applicable and understandable to the appropriate age level.
The following items of curriculum taken from the state standards were kept in mind when creating the website:
- Learning Outcomes
- Comparing the regional differences between the North and the South.
- Analyze the experiences of free and enslaved African Americans in the United States in the early to mid 1800s.
- Examine the reasons used to either oppose or support slavery in America in the early to mid 19th century
- Key Concepts
- There were laws that legalized slavery
- Economic differences between the industrial North and agrarian South led to division over slavery.
- While a majority of African Americans were enslaved, there were thriving communities of free African Americans.
- Enslaved African Americans formed a unique culture and resisted inhuman conditions of slavery
Usage Rights
All historical material and photographs found on this website are of Public Domain usage rights. Should any material every be used from this site, the authors and creators simply ask that the website be cited using the URL.
Meet the Authors
Sam Badovinac - Computer Science Major, Butler Football - Class of 2020
Nate McDonald - Marketing Major - Class of 2018
Kahari Moore - Dance Major - Class of 2019
Jenna Nosek - Biology and Classical Studies Major, Chemistry Minor - Class of 2020
Nate McDonald - Marketing Major - Class of 2018
Kahari Moore - Dance Major - Class of 2019
Jenna Nosek - Biology and Classical Studies Major, Chemistry Minor - Class of 2020