Content Specification - SS.4.5.a.1:
Students will examine life as a slave in New York State.

Content Specification - SS.4.5.a.2:
Students will investigate people who took action to abolish slavery, including Samuel Cornish, Fredrick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Tubman.

Content Specification - SS.4.5.b.1:
Students will examine the rights denied to women during the 1800s.

Content Specification - SS.4.5.b.2:
Students will investigate people who took action to bring about change such as Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Elizabeth Blackwell. Students will explore what happened at the convention of women in Seneca Falls.

Content Specification - SS.4.5.c.1:
Students will explore how New York State supported the Union during the Civil War providing soldiers, equipment, and food.

Content Specification - SS.4.5.c.2:
Students will research a local community’s contribution to the Civil War effort using resources such as war memorials, a local library, reenactments, historical associations, and museum artifacts.