The Underground Railroad, the Abolitionist Movement and fugitive slaves will become part of the lessons teacher Tiffany Fane will share with her students at Hazelwood East Middle School after spending a week in a professional development workshop at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

Fane, a team leader and seventh-grade science teacher, was selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities as a Summer Scholar. She was among 80 teachers from across the country chosen to participate in the program.

The Endowment is a federal agency that supports Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops so teachers can study with experts in humanities disciplines. Participants received a $1,200 stipend for travel, study and living expenses.

“It is the experience of a lifetime," she said in a statement. "You will return home with a new respect for the fugitive slave and a desire to inform not only your students, but your colleagues, about the real truth, not just what’s written in the typical history textbook.”