The Underground Railroad: Everything You Need

Interactive Whiteboard Activities The Underground Railroad: Escape from Slavery Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 With this interactive slideshow, students follow the path of a slave in 1860 as he travels the Underground Railroad to freedom. Read more >	Writing Activities, Lesson Plans Riding the Underground Railroad Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Students learn about slaves' pursuit of freedom during a simulation of slaves escaping from the South to the North. Students travel from different... Read more >
Unit Plans All Aboard the Underground Railroad Grades: 3–5 Students become knowledgeable about the Underground Railroad, acting as both researchers and passengers as they learn about the slaves who found... Read more >	Book Resources, Discussion Guides Steps To Freedom Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Get a free lesson plan about the book Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheax Nelson, about slavery in Virginia. Read more >
Harriet Tubman (1820–1913) Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Read more >	Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities Harriet Tubman Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Presents links to a wealth of information about Harriet Tubman and her involvement in the Underground Railroad. Has students create a timeline and... Read more >
Computer Lab Activities, Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans Henry's Freedom Box Lesson Plan Grades: 3–5 Students will use Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine to identify new information about slavery and the Underground Railroad, and make... Read more >	Fugitive Slave Harriet Jacobs: Coming Up For Air Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 For seven years, Harriet Jacobs hid out in an attic to escape slavery. Read an excerpt from her powerful autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a... Read more >
Book Resources, Books If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad Grades: 3–5 This book answers questions about the background of the Underground Railroad, explains what it was like to be a slave, and describes the hardships... Read more >	Book Resources, Extension Activities If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad Extension Activities Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 The vast and complex network known as the Underground Railroad helped thousands of slaves reach freedom. Use these classroom activities to extend the... Read more >
Book Resources, Discussion Guides Message in the Sky Corey's Underground Railroad Diary Discussion Guide Grades: 3–5 A discussion guide for My America: Message in the Sky, Corey's Underground Railroad Diary, Book Three by Sharon Dennis Wyeth, in the My America... Read more >	Book Resources, Discussion Guides Follow the Drinking Gourd Discussion Guide Grades: 3–5 Read the inspiring story of the song whose lyrics gave directions to the Underground Railroad, the covert trail by which black slaves could escape... Read more >
Booktalks Elijah of Buxton Booktalk Grades: 3–5 Elijah was the first free baby born in Buxton, the first person there who had never been owned by a slave master. Read more >	Book Resources, Discussion Guides Elijah of Buxton Discussion Guide Grades: 3–5 Use these discussion questions to teach with Christopher Paul Curtis's Coretta Scott King Award winner, Elijah of Buxton. Read more >
Extension Activities Freedom Crossing Extension Activities Grades: 6–8 Extension activity for Freedom Crossing by Margaret Goff Clark. Read more >	Book Resources, Lesson Plans Freedom Train Extension Activities Grades: 6–8 Students will research Harriet Tubman's life and learn about the Underground Railroad with these extension activities. Read more >
Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans The House of Dies Drear Teaching Plan Grades: 3–5 Teaching plan for The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton. Read more >	Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans, Extension Activities, Vocabulary Builders Stealing Freedom and Storm Warriors Lesson Plan Grades: 6–8 The historical setting and the strong sense of story make these novels by Carbone excellent choices for read-aloud or class novel study. Each... Read more >
The Underground Railroad Vocabulary Guide Grades: 3–5 A vocabulary list of words -- and their meanings -- used during the period prior to the Civil War. Read more >	Articles Underground Railroad Resources Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8 Books Freedom Roads: Searching for the Underground Railroad, by Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan (Cricket, 2003... Read more >