The following standards have been taken from the National Center for History in the Schools.

Students will:

• Understand African life under slavery.
• Assess the contribution of enslaved and free Africans to economic development in different regions of the American colonies.
• Understand the Revolution's effects on different social groups.
• Explain the revolutionary hopes of enslaved and free African Americans and the gradual abolition of slavery in the northern states.
• Explain how African-American leaders and African-American institutions shaped free black communities in the North.

Objectives:

Students will:

• Understand the gradual abolition of slavery in Pennsylvania.
• Be aware of important Pennsylvania abolitionists and their roles in the national abolition movement.
• Analyze, interpret, and apply information from primary documents to appreciate the history of the Abolition Movement in Pennsylvania.
• Apply information from primary and secondary documents for an interpretive exhibit.
• Plan and self evaluate their team's daily progress.