Follow one of the paths taken on the site.  Using the information provided, as well as outside knowledge, create a diary or journal.  This  The persona taken can be of a slave, a master, a mistress, or a northerner.  Make sure to address slavery issues no matter what persona is taken.  Write at least on entry in the manner that the persona would.  For the persona of slave it may be helpful to read over the WPA narratives.  At the end include a bibliography of the sources used.

Group project:  Choose a person represented in this site and conduct research on their life.  Create a script that encompasses the major points and presents them in a fun and interesting manner.  These scripts can either be filmed or acted out in front of class.

Create a Document Based Question (DBQ).

1.  Break the students into small groups.
2.  Each group will be responsible to make a DBQ which encompasses the entire slave experience during the Civil War.
3.  When this is done, give each group another groups DBQ and have them take it.
4.  Have each group grade the DBQ they wrote using the criteria you use for grading.