The Underground Railroad Teacher's Guide
Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 3–5 | Reading Response | Research Skills
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Train to Freedom
Grades 3–5 | Plot, Character and Setting | Summarizing | Literary Response | Historic Figures
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The Underground Railroad: Escape from SlaveryGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading With this interactive slideshow, students follow the path of a slave in 1860 as he travels the Underground Railroad to freedom. Save To Organizer |
Riding the Underground RailroadGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Writing Activities | Lesson Plans | Nonfiction Writing Students learn about slaves' pursuit of freedom during a simulation of slaves escaping from the South to the North. Students travel from... Save To Organizer |
All Aboard the Underground RailroadGrades 3–5 | Reading Comprehension | Language Arts | Unit Plans | Black History Month Students become knowledgeable about the Underground Railroad, acting as both researchers and passengers as they learn about the slaves who... Save To Organizer |
Steps To FreedomPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Literature | Book Resources Get a free lesson plan about the book Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheax Nelson, about slavery in Virginia. Save To Organizer |
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Extension ActivitiesPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Drawing Conclusions | Making Inferences Extension activity for Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold. Save To Organizer |
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Harriet TubmanGrades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading | Online Learning Activities Presents links to a wealth of information about Harriet Tubman and her involvement in the Underground Railroad. Has students create a... Save To Organizer |
Henry's Freedom Box Lesson PlanGrades 3–5 | Literature | Computer Lab Activities | Writing Activities | Book Resources Students will use Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine to identify new information about slavery and the Underground Railroad, and make... Save To Organizer |
Fugitive Slave Harriet Jacobs: Coming Up For AirGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 3–5 | African American | Black History Month For seven years, Harriet Jacobs hid out in an attic to escape slavery. Read an excerpt from her powerful autobiography, Incidents in the... Save To Organizer |
If You Traveled on the Underground RailroadGrades 3–5 | Book Resources | Books | Civil War | Slavery This book answers questions about the background of the Underground Railroad, explains what it was like to be a slave, and describes the... Save To Organizer |
If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad Extension ActivitiesPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Drawing Conclusions | Making Inferences The vast and complex network known as the Underground Railroad helped thousands of slaves reach freedom. Use these classroom activities to... Save To Organizer |
Message in the Sky Corey's Underground Railroad Diary Discussion GuideGrades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Literature | Reading Comprehension | Book Resources A discussion guide for My America: Message in the Sky, Corey's Underground Railroad Diary, Book Three by Sharon Dennis Wyeth, in the My... Save To Organizer |
Follow the Drinking Gourd Discussion GuideGrades 3–5 | Grades 1–2 | Drawing Conclusions | Making Inferences | Plot, Character and Setting Read the inspiring story of the song whose lyrics gave directions to the Underground Railroad, the covert trail by which black slaves could... Save To Organizer |
Elijah of Buxton BooktalkGrades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Booktalks | African American | Civil Rights Elijah was the first free baby born in Buxton, the first person there who had never been owned by a slave master. Save To Organizer |
Elijah of Buxton Discussion GuideGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Literature | Reading Comprehension | Book Resources Use these discussion questions to teach with Christopher Paul Curtis's Coretta Scott King Award winner, Elijah of Buxton. Save To Organizer |
Freedom Crossing Extension ActivitiesGrades 6–8 | Independent Reading | Reading Comprehension | Reading Response | Extension Activities Extension activity for Freedom Crossing by Margaret Goff Clark. Save To Organizer |
Freedom Train Extension ActivitiesGrades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Drawing Conclusions | Making Inferences | Book Resources Extension activity for Freedom Train:The Story of Harriet Tubman by Dorothy Sterling. Save To Organizer |
The House of Dies Drear Teaching PlanGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Independent Reading | Writing Activities | Main Idea and Details Teaching plan for The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton. Save To Organizer |
Stealing Freedom and Storm Warriors Lesson PlanGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Independent Reading | Literature | Writing Activities The historical setting and the strong sense of story make these novels by Carbone excellent choices for read-aloud or class novel study.... Save To Organizer |
The Underground Railroad Vocabulary GuideGrades 3–5 A vocabulary list of words -- and their meanings -- used during the period prior to the Civil War. Save To Organizer |
