On this page, we are highlighting exemplary secondary and undergraduate student multi-media projects (podcasts, videos, websites, etc.) about the Underground Railroad. We are especially interested in promoting worthy National History Day (NHD) projects. Teachers should nominate such projects by contacting Matthew Pinsker, editor, at hdivided@dickinson.edu
Middle School
- Josh Gebhardt and Aiden Pinsker, Christiana Resistance (2021 NHD project // Teacher: Anthony Natale, Mechanicsburg Middle School, Mechanicsburg, PA)
Undergraduate
- Taylor Bye, Daniel Anthony of Kansas (Spring 2012 website // Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA)
- George Gilbert, William Parker (Fall 2017 mapping post // Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA)
- Rachel Morgan, Harriet Jacobs (Fall 2017 mapping post // Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA)
- Becca Stout, James Miller McKim (2018-19 honor’s thesis // Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA)
- Maria Villotti, Josiah Henson (Fall 2017 mapping post // Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA)
- Cooper Wingert, James Williams (Fall 2017 mapping post // Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA)
- Cooper Wingert, Fugitive Slave Law (2019-20 honor’s thesis // Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA)