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Activity

Underground Railroad

A lesson about the Underground Railroad that focuses on making it accessible for students who are blind or visually impaired.

This lesson is part of a unit on the Civil War.

Objectives:

The activity will also help students:

 

This lesson was adapted from a submission by Demi Thomas, Teaneck Community Charter School; Teaneck, NJ

Students:

  1. listen to a short quest about the Underground Railroad
  2. form small groups to discuss what they learned from the video
  3. use prior knowledge (excerpts form Book 5 History of US)
  4. review ads for runaway slaves
  5. discuss whether is was worth the risk to run away; would they run away or would they stay in the South and continue being a slave
  6. return to their seats to write a short essay with the following prompt: Pretend you are escaping to the North. Write notes on your feelings during your first night of freedom while traveling. Include the following: What do you hope for? What are you afraid of? What questions do you have? Write notes in your journal

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By Rona Shaw

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