A friend of a friend sent me a password used by fugitives traveling alone to indicate they were sent by the underground railroad network. Having quality activities to use with the book is a huge help, and this bundle gives you lots of options. Harriet tubman was an africanamerican woman who daringly escaped slavery and helped hundreds of other slaves escape to freedom. Underground railroad map worksheets lesson worksheets.
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Strouds book filled in the rest explaining how quilt blocks held messages for hannah and her father on their journey from a georgia plantation to freedom in canada. Many escaped slaves traveled across the hoosier state in the years prior to and during the civil war. How to use the underground railroad common core lessons and activities book. Find math underground railroad lesson plans and teaching resources. Informational text 1, 4 this is a two page document that can be used with the graphic history book harriet tubman and the underground railroad. Jul 22, 2015 tell students that the underground railroad also had something like a secret code. Nora garcia, hamlin middle school, corpus christi, tx. This activity includes directions, cutouts, materials list, and book pages. The rr is a secret network of hiding places and brave people. Underground railroad worksheets teachers pay teachers. For this slavery lesson, 4th graders discuss slavery and watch a video. Awardwinning reading solution with thousands of leveled readers, lesson plans. Escape from slavery activity grades 412, students travel back to 1860 to follow a young slave as he flees a kentucky plantation for canada along the underground railroad. Activity book discovering the underground railroad.
Discovering the underground railroad free activity book. This resource includes a historical passage and eight multiple choice questions. The underground railroad teaching guide scholastic. They shoot lander and royal and drag off many others. This book explains what the underground railroad was, what it was like to be a slave, and describes the hardships faced by slaves. The underground railroad was not an actual railroad b. Educators may find that these classroom lessons, worksheets, and ideas can be integrated.
Along the way, people who were against slavery, called abolitionists, would. After carefully reading through the information, test your knowledge of the underground rail road with the activities. If you are teaching about the underground railroad, henrys freedom box is a great companion book. Follow the drinking gourd when the sun comes back and the first quail calls, the river ends between two hills, follow the drinking gourd.
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For this slavery lesson, 4th graders discuss slavery and watch a. Fine motor underground railroad board game math division on the underground railroad cooking southern biscuits drama race to freedom. In the myths of the underground railroad reading activity, scholastic first explains the difference between history and myths, such as the tale of our first president chopping down a cherry tree as a boy theres no evidence to prove this. It includes comprehension materials, a lapbook project about the underground railroad, and a wr. Activity guide underground railroad quilt guide helping teachers make a difference 2005 really good stuff 18003661920.
She arrives at a safe house along the underground railroad, where she climbs into a traders wagon to start the next leg of her journey. Civil war causes worksheet free download as pdf file. With this worksheet, your fourth graders will learn all about this historic event as they boost their nonfiction comprehension skills by answering questions about the topic. Underground railroad activity for 8th grade us history. In addition, when you click the listen button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. Find a compilation of all the interactive activities within the student activity the underground railroad. Kindergarten 3rd grade readers the underground railroad. Underground railroad was and how african slaves, known as. Harriet tubman activities timeline cut and paste freebie. She became the most famous of all conductors of the. To keep the underground railroad hidden from slave owners, special terms were used so slaves could talk about escaping on the underground railroad without slave owners knowing what they were talking about. For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom, theres another river on the other side, if you follow the drinking gourd. Patrick hammond, niver creek middle school, thornton, co.
Displaying all worksheets related to underground railroad map. Christin johnson, sauk rapidsrice middle school, sauk rapids, mn. Students will assemble this informative lifttab book about harriet tubman and the underground railroad and learn how slaves escaped to freedom. Harriet tubman and the underground railroad reading az. Harriet tubman and the underground railroad printable k. Underground railroad free american history games for kids. The underground railroad america in class resources for. Jun 27, 2014 having already read a biography on harriet tubman, my son had a basic foundation of knowledge on the underground railroad. It was a secret organization of routes and safe houses that helped slaves escape to freedom. Junior ranger activity book discovering the underground railroad.
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Nussbaum harriet tubman reading comprehension online. Underground railroad book activity sheet underground railroad direction sheet procedures. Slaves left the southern states and went to the free northern states and canada, where they could be free. They claim its suitable for 5 yearolds, but i believe that might be a tad too young.
These items are found within the digitized collections of the library of congress. This booklet is a fun hands on activity for students to use in their interactive notebooks. I liked learning about the underground railroad because i didnt like learning about the underground railroad because. Ridgeway captures cora and demands that she lead him to the railroad station. Instead it was a secret method of traveling to freedom in the north.
When you are done, ask yourself what you have learned about the people, places, and. Discuss the underground railroad by colson whitehead. Jan 23, 2017 discuss the underground railroad by colson whitehead in an online book club. You can use this for centers, seat work, or early finishers. Students may research or show what they have learned by writing different facts on the provided blank lines about each historical figure and term associated with the u.
Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higherorder thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new common core expectations. Includes teachers guides, curriculum connections, and classroom activities. Use this high low graphic book with harriet tubman and the underground railroad at level s. This underground railroad lesson plan is suitable for 4th grade. The underground railroad ugrr was a metaphor for a large, interconnected network composed of smaller local systems that helped fugitives runaway slaves to make their way to freedom by providing money, transportation, food, clothing, other goods, and legal services. After carefully reading through the information, test your knowledge of the underground railroad. Write a one page essay about what you learned about the underground railroad using as many vocabulary words as possible. Harriet tubman and the underground railroad harriet tubman and the underground railroad.
Everything you need teacher guides, units, lessons, writing activities, interactives, and book resources for grades k12. Underground railroad sites in indiana y, m, o, t indiana has a rich history of underground railroad operations. Fourth graders reflect on their knowledge of the underground railroad. Underground railroad map new bedford, ma printable 3rd. A story of the underground railroad, by joan holub, for grade 3. The underground railroad was the code name for a secret organization who helped slaves escape from the bondage of slavery in the southern slave states to freedom in. The national park service, southeast region, in atlanta, georgia has created a lovely activity book for children as young as 5 to enjoy. Harriet tubman underground railroad activity key common core standards. Slavery, the underground railroad, and abolition these educational resources will complement your curriculum on this important part of u. The book starts off describing the reader as an american who is not sure how to feel about the fugitive slave act which allows slave owners to recapture escaped slaves and free black people think ten years a slave, because you understand how important it is.
Throughout this activity, students will find poignant. The ohio river played a very important part in the underground railroad. Underground railroad lesson plan for 4th grade lesson planet. There is much written about the use of quilts during the underground railroad days. Introduction introduce the lesson to the students by reading the eliza story from escape from slavery. Underground railroad book activity ms word document underground railroad direction sheet ms word document underground railroad lesson plan ms word document heroes of the underground railroad ms word document. Underground railroad project social studies middle school. The underground railroad was the code name for a secret organization who helped slaves escape from the bondage of slavery in the southern slave states to freedom in the free states. Included are key questions about the important event in american.
After carefully reading through the information, test your knowledge of the underground rail. Includes posting on a bulletin board, writing a secret letter, a harriet tubman web hunt, and a mapping activity. As someone who has read many fiction and nonfiction books and primary sources about slavery, this book leaves much to be desired. Underground railroad map new bedford, ma underground railroad map new bedford, ma this printable map will help students locate underground railroad sites in new bedford, massachusetts. Path to freedom the underground railroad was a secret organization of routes and safe places used by slaves to escape to freedom. Discuss the underground railroad by colson whitehead in an online book club. Tell students that the underground railroad also had something like a secret code. A great inclass or takehome activity for black history month. This activity book profiles real heroes and heroines in their struggle to abolish slavery in america forever. Having already read a biography on harriet tubman, my son had a basic foundation of knowledge on the underground railroad.
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