“‘Teaching Freedom and Unfreedom’: Teaching the Coffins and the Underground Railroad” Educator Workshop
Hosted by Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic SiteJoin fellow educators to learn about the Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site, explore its significant role in the Underground Railroad in Indiana, and develop curriculum to teach the subject in the classroom.
Event Details
Join fellow educators to learn how Levi and Catharine Coffin were instrumental in creating one of the most successful safehouses on the Underground Railroad in Indiana through a guided tour of the Coffin home. Discover how to use the experiences of the Coffins to teach about the Underground Railroad through a provided curriculum, which includes one primary and one secondary resource for the classroom. Listen to local writer Randall Wisehart speak about his young adult novel Luke’s Summer Secret (historical fiction that features the Coffins) and how to incorporate it into lesson plans.
This program is recommended for educators in grades 3 to 8.
To register, click on the RSVP link above.
For more information, visit the Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site website, email LeviCoffinCenter@indianamuseum.org, or call 765.847.1691.
This program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.