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Archeological Research and the Underground Railroad Today
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Audience: Educators and StudentsGrades: 5-12
Year: 1999
This video segment explores how archaeologists play an integral role in learning about the Underground Railroad. Viewers watch students at Adrian College in Michigan as they excavate an Underground Railroad site on campus. The supervising professor explains what the experience offers to students and how it connects people of today with the lives and times of people long ago.
Archeological Research and the Underground Railroad Today
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
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This video clip is part of the Underground Railroad: Connections to Freedom and Science DVD that may be ordered from the Central Operation of Resources for Educators, or CORE →.
Other video learning clips in this series:
Follow the Drinking Gourd: Using the Science of Astronomy in History
The Importance of Waterways in the Success of the Underground Railroad
Slaves and the Use of Horticulture Along the Underground Railroad
The Science Behind the Maps of the Underground Railroad
Navigating to Freedom With the North Star
Exploring and Preserving the Underground Railroad With Modern Technology