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Exploring and Preserving the Underground Railroad With Modern Technology
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Audience: Educators and StudentsGrades: 5-12
Year: 1999
This video segment explores how modern technology is being used to understand and preserve the Underground Railroad. Viewers learn that global positioning systems, geographical information systems, aerial photography and satellite imaging are making it possible to locate and analyze Underground Railroad sites. The segment also discusses how these capabilities offer a wealth of information to researchers from many fields of interest.
Exploring and Preserving the Underground Railroad With Modern Technology
Duration: 3 minutes 06 seconds
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This video clip is part of the Underground Railroad: Connections to Freedom and Science DVD which 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
Archeological Research and the Underground Railroad Today