Alabama Department of Archives and History
http://www.archives.state.al.us/teacher/slavery.html
The Alabama State Archives has combined primary source documents, slave history, and teaching strategies to create this special resources designed toward teachers. By offering these documents online, the archives get the students one step closer to a more intimate portrait of slavery, by examining the scans of actual records. Hats off to the Alabama Archives Education staff who created the lesson plans on the site!

St. Louis Courthouse Records Archives
http://www.stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu/index.cfm
http://www.showmenews.com/2003/Feb/20030220News017.asp
Recommended by teacher Stephanie Dorman of Columbia Public Schools in Missouri, this site offers documents from the freedom suits never before published online. With court summaries and scanned images of actual documents, this is a rich new find. The second link is an article about the unveiling of this valuable resource, highlighting its most famous case, the Dred Scott Decision.

Web Resources Recommended by Debbie Raff, Teacher, Iowa
http://home.dc.rr.com/raff/aah.htm
Palm Springs, California, teacher Debbie Raff offers her top picks for web resources focusing on African-American history topics ranging from slave narratives to Benjamin Banneker, the first African-American scientist. There are many great sites found here, endorsed by Ms. Raff.

Web Resources Recommended by Lee Weber, Teacher, Iowa
http://www.pls.uni.edu/weber/index.html
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html
Mr. Weber has created a site full of information for students, parents, and teachers alike. Make sure to look especially at the resources he offers for history, social studies, African-American history, criminal justice, government, and politics. If you have time, browse through the rest of this site to see what Iowa-based Mr. Weber is teaching now, his philosophy of teaching, and the unique school environment on the campus of University of Northern Iowa. Click the second link to go straight to his "hotlist" of African-American history links.